SPORTS PHYSICALS DUNPHY CHAPTER
76 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
A patient is being assessed for range-of-joint movement. The nurse asks him to
move his arm in toward the center of his body. This movement is called:
Adduction.
A patient tells the nurse that she is having a hard time bringing her hand to her
mouth when she eats or tries to brush her teeth. The nurse knows that for her to
move her hand to her mouth, she must perform which movement?
Flexion
Flexion
Flexion, or bending a limb at a joint, is required to move the hand to the mouth.
Extension
Extension is straightening a limb at a joint.
Adduction
Movement toward the midline of the body
Abduction
Movement away from the midline of the body
, The functional units of the musculoskeletal system are the:
Joints.
When reviewing the musculoskeletal system, the nurse recalls that
hematopoiesis takes place in the:
Bone marrow.
Fibrous bands running directly from one bone to another that strengthen the joint
and help prevent movement in undesirable directions are called:
Ligaments. Fibrous bands running directly from one bone to another that strengthen the
joint and help prevent movement in undesirable directions
The nurse notices that a woman in an exercise class is unable to jump rope. The
nurse is aware that to jump rope, ones shoulder has to be capable of:
Circumduction. Circumduction is defined as moving the arm in a circle around the
shoulder
The articulation of the mandible and the temporal bone is known as the:
Temporomandibular joint.
To palpate the temporomandibular joint, the nurses fingers should be placed in
the depression of the ear.
Anterior to the tragus. The temporomandibular joint can be felt in the depression
anterior to the tragus of the ear.
Of the 33 vertebrae in the spinal column, there are
76 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
A patient is being assessed for range-of-joint movement. The nurse asks him to
move his arm in toward the center of his body. This movement is called:
Adduction.
A patient tells the nurse that she is having a hard time bringing her hand to her
mouth when she eats or tries to brush her teeth. The nurse knows that for her to
move her hand to her mouth, she must perform which movement?
Flexion
Flexion
Flexion, or bending a limb at a joint, is required to move the hand to the mouth.
Extension
Extension is straightening a limb at a joint.
Adduction
Movement toward the midline of the body
Abduction
Movement away from the midline of the body
, The functional units of the musculoskeletal system are the:
Joints.
When reviewing the musculoskeletal system, the nurse recalls that
hematopoiesis takes place in the:
Bone marrow.
Fibrous bands running directly from one bone to another that strengthen the joint
and help prevent movement in undesirable directions are called:
Ligaments. Fibrous bands running directly from one bone to another that strengthen the
joint and help prevent movement in undesirable directions
The nurse notices that a woman in an exercise class is unable to jump rope. The
nurse is aware that to jump rope, ones shoulder has to be capable of:
Circumduction. Circumduction is defined as moving the arm in a circle around the
shoulder
The articulation of the mandible and the temporal bone is known as the:
Temporomandibular joint.
To palpate the temporomandibular joint, the nurses fingers should be placed in
the depression of the ear.
Anterior to the tragus. The temporomandibular joint can be felt in the depression
anterior to the tragus of the ear.
Of the 33 vertebrae in the spinal column, there are
