USA NU 578 UNIT 1 COMPREHENSIVE TEST
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
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◉ Positive McBurney sign. Answer: Rebound tenderness over
McBurney's point in the RLQ suggest appendicitis
◉ Iliopsoas Muscle Test. Answer: performed when you suspect
appendicitis because and inflamed appendix may cause irritation to
the iliopsoas muscle.
◉ Sister Mary Joseph's nodule. Answer: a pearl like, enlarged and
sometimes painful umbilical nodule
◉ Borborygmi. Answer: long prolonged gurgles (stomach growlin)
◉ Bruit. Answer: a harsh or musical intermittent auscultatory
sound, which may reflect blood flow turbulence and indicate
vascular disease.
◉ Rigidity. Answer: is a boardlike hardness of the abdominal wall
overlying areas of peritoneal irritation
, ◉ Acute pain. Answer: Pain of short duration and has sudden onset
in association with injury, surgery, or an acute illness episode.
Inflammation helps sustain the pain response.
◉ Chronic pain. Answer: Pain that lasts several months or longer,
and is often sustained by a pathophysiologic process (e.g. joint
disease, chronic inflammation, headache, or cancer).
◉ Neuropathic Pain. Answer: long-term pain associated with
damage or dysfunction of the central or peripheral nervous system
(e.g. amputation, complex regional pain syndrome).
◉ Scoliometer. Answer: Measures degree of rotation of the spine to
screen for scoliosis.
◉ Monofilament test. Answer: Used to test for loss of protective
sensation, most commonly on the plantar surface of the foot.
◉ Calipers. Answer: Measure thickness of sub-q tissue
◉ Dermatoscope. Answer: Skin surface microscope that uses
epiluminescence microscopy (ELM) w/ or w/o the application of oil
on a skin lesion to magnify a lesion for detailed inspection of the
surface of pigmented skin.
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◉ Positive McBurney sign. Answer: Rebound tenderness over
McBurney's point in the RLQ suggest appendicitis
◉ Iliopsoas Muscle Test. Answer: performed when you suspect
appendicitis because and inflamed appendix may cause irritation to
the iliopsoas muscle.
◉ Sister Mary Joseph's nodule. Answer: a pearl like, enlarged and
sometimes painful umbilical nodule
◉ Borborygmi. Answer: long prolonged gurgles (stomach growlin)
◉ Bruit. Answer: a harsh or musical intermittent auscultatory
sound, which may reflect blood flow turbulence and indicate
vascular disease.
◉ Rigidity. Answer: is a boardlike hardness of the abdominal wall
overlying areas of peritoneal irritation
, ◉ Acute pain. Answer: Pain of short duration and has sudden onset
in association with injury, surgery, or an acute illness episode.
Inflammation helps sustain the pain response.
◉ Chronic pain. Answer: Pain that lasts several months or longer,
and is often sustained by a pathophysiologic process (e.g. joint
disease, chronic inflammation, headache, or cancer).
◉ Neuropathic Pain. Answer: long-term pain associated with
damage or dysfunction of the central or peripheral nervous system
(e.g. amputation, complex regional pain syndrome).
◉ Scoliometer. Answer: Measures degree of rotation of the spine to
screen for scoliosis.
◉ Monofilament test. Answer: Used to test for loss of protective
sensation, most commonly on the plantar surface of the foot.
◉ Calipers. Answer: Measure thickness of sub-q tissue
◉ Dermatoscope. Answer: Skin surface microscope that uses
epiluminescence microscopy (ELM) w/ or w/o the application of oil
on a skin lesion to magnify a lesion for detailed inspection of the
surface of pigmented skin.
