NR283 Exam 3
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1. Which of the following cells produce new B. Osteoblasts
bone?
a. Osteocytes
b. osteoblasts
c. osteoclasts
d. stem cells from the bone marrow
2. What is the chemical transmitter released at D. Acetylcholine
the neuromuscular junction?
a. Norepinephrine
b. GABA
c. Serotonin
d. Acetylcholine
3. What are the two types of bone tissue? c. Compact and cancellous
a. Vascular and nonvascular
b. Spongy and calcified
c. Compact and cancellous
d. Dense and pliable
4. Which of the following would identify an a. The skin and soft tissue are exposed at
open or compound fracture? the fracture site.
a.) The skin and soft tissue are exposed at
the fracture site.
b.) A bone is crushed into many small
pieces.
c.) The bone appears bent with a partial frac-
ture line
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d.) One end of a bone is forced into an adja-
cent bone
5. Which of the following describes a Colles a. The distal radius is broken
fracture?
a.) The distal radius is broken
b.) The distal fibula is broken
c.) A vertebra appears crushed
d.) A spontaneous fracture occurs in weak-
ened bone
6. During the fracture healing process, the c. is the structure into which granulation
hematoma is? tissue grow
a.) is broken down and absorbed immediate-
ly
b.) provides the base for bone cells to pro-
duce new bone
c.) is the structure into which granulation
tissue grows
d.) produces fibroblasts to lay down new car-
tilage
7. The inflammation surrounding a fracture b. severe ischemia and tissue necrosis.
site during the first few days may complicate
healing by causing:
a.) excessive bone movement
b.) severe ischemia and tissue necrosis.
c.) malunion or nonunion
d.) fat emboli to form
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8. When a fracture is healing, the procallus or b. serves as a splint across the fracture
fibrocartilaginous callus .....? site
a.) can bear weight.
b.) serves as a splint across the fracture site
c.) is the tissue that lays down new cartilage
d.) is made up of new bone
9. What is a sign of a dislocation? d. deformity at a joint
a. crepitus
b. pain and tenderness
c. Increased range of motion at a joint
d. deformity at a joint
10. All of the following predispose to osteoporo- a. weight-bearing activity.
sis EXCEPT:
a. weight-bearing activity.
b. a sedentary lifestyle
c. long-term intake of glucocorticoids
d. calcium deficit
11. Which of the following statements does NOT c. Osteoporosis is always a primary dis-
apply to osteoporosis? order
a. Bone resorption is greater than bone for-
mation
b. It causes compression fractures of the ver-
tebrae
c. Osteoporosis is always a primary disorder
d. It often leads to kyphosis and loss of
height
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12. Which of the following best describes the d. Steady, severe, and persisting with
typical bone pain caused by osteogenic sar- rest
coma?
a. Intermittent, increasing with activity
b. Sharp, increased with joint movement
c. Mild, aching when weight-bearing
d. Steady, severe, and persisting with rest
13. How is Duchennes muscular dystrophy in- b. X-linked recessive gene
herited?
a. Autosomal recessive gene
b. X-linked recessive gene
c. Autosomal dominant gene
d. Codominant gene
14. Which of the following is characteristic of b. Degeneration of articulating cartilage
osteoarthritis? occurs in the large joints
a. Inflammation and fibrosis develop at the
joints.
b. Degeneration of articulating cartilage oc-
curs in the large joints
c. It progresses bilaterally through the small
joints
d. There are no changes in the bone at the
affected joints
15. What is a typical characteristic of the pain d. Increased with weight-bearing and
caused by osteoarthritis? activity
a. Decreases over time
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1. Which of the following cells produce new B. Osteoblasts
bone?
a. Osteocytes
b. osteoblasts
c. osteoclasts
d. stem cells from the bone marrow
2. What is the chemical transmitter released at D. Acetylcholine
the neuromuscular junction?
a. Norepinephrine
b. GABA
c. Serotonin
d. Acetylcholine
3. What are the two types of bone tissue? c. Compact and cancellous
a. Vascular and nonvascular
b. Spongy and calcified
c. Compact and cancellous
d. Dense and pliable
4. Which of the following would identify an a. The skin and soft tissue are exposed at
open or compound fracture? the fracture site.
a.) The skin and soft tissue are exposed at
the fracture site.
b.) A bone is crushed into many small
pieces.
c.) The bone appears bent with a partial frac-
ture line
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d.) One end of a bone is forced into an adja-
cent bone
5. Which of the following describes a Colles a. The distal radius is broken
fracture?
a.) The distal radius is broken
b.) The distal fibula is broken
c.) A vertebra appears crushed
d.) A spontaneous fracture occurs in weak-
ened bone
6. During the fracture healing process, the c. is the structure into which granulation
hematoma is? tissue grow
a.) is broken down and absorbed immediate-
ly
b.) provides the base for bone cells to pro-
duce new bone
c.) is the structure into which granulation
tissue grows
d.) produces fibroblasts to lay down new car-
tilage
7. The inflammation surrounding a fracture b. severe ischemia and tissue necrosis.
site during the first few days may complicate
healing by causing:
a.) excessive bone movement
b.) severe ischemia and tissue necrosis.
c.) malunion or nonunion
d.) fat emboli to form
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8. When a fracture is healing, the procallus or b. serves as a splint across the fracture
fibrocartilaginous callus .....? site
a.) can bear weight.
b.) serves as a splint across the fracture site
c.) is the tissue that lays down new cartilage
d.) is made up of new bone
9. What is a sign of a dislocation? d. deformity at a joint
a. crepitus
b. pain and tenderness
c. Increased range of motion at a joint
d. deformity at a joint
10. All of the following predispose to osteoporo- a. weight-bearing activity.
sis EXCEPT:
a. weight-bearing activity.
b. a sedentary lifestyle
c. long-term intake of glucocorticoids
d. calcium deficit
11. Which of the following statements does NOT c. Osteoporosis is always a primary dis-
apply to osteoporosis? order
a. Bone resorption is greater than bone for-
mation
b. It causes compression fractures of the ver-
tebrae
c. Osteoporosis is always a primary disorder
d. It often leads to kyphosis and loss of
height
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12. Which of the following best describes the d. Steady, severe, and persisting with
typical bone pain caused by osteogenic sar- rest
coma?
a. Intermittent, increasing with activity
b. Sharp, increased with joint movement
c. Mild, aching when weight-bearing
d. Steady, severe, and persisting with rest
13. How is Duchennes muscular dystrophy in- b. X-linked recessive gene
herited?
a. Autosomal recessive gene
b. X-linked recessive gene
c. Autosomal dominant gene
d. Codominant gene
14. Which of the following is characteristic of b. Degeneration of articulating cartilage
osteoarthritis? occurs in the large joints
a. Inflammation and fibrosis develop at the
joints.
b. Degeneration of articulating cartilage oc-
curs in the large joints
c. It progresses bilaterally through the small
joints
d. There are no changes in the bone at the
affected joints
15. What is a typical characteristic of the pain d. Increased with weight-bearing and
caused by osteoarthritis? activity
a. Decreases over time
