NR 509 / NR509 Advanced Physical Assessment
Week 3 Midterm Exam
Questions with Verified Answers - Chamberlain
Consist of 100 multiple choices Questions with Answers
1. 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:
a. Flexion.
b. Abduction.
c. Adduction.
d. Extension.
Ans>> Adduction.
2. 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?
a. Flexion
b. Abduction
c. Adduction
,d. Extension
Ans>> Flexion
3. The functional units of the musculoskeletal system are the:
a. Joints.
b. Bones.
c. Muscles.
d. Tendons.
Ans>> Joints.
4. When reviewing the musculoskeletal system, the nurse recalls that
hematopoiesis takes place in the:
a. Liver.
b. Spleen.
c. Kidneys.
d. Bone marrow.
Ans>> Bone marrow.
5. Fibrous bands running directly from one bone to another that strengthen
the joint and help prevent movement in undesirable directions are called:
a. Bursa.
b... Tendons.
c. Cartilage.
d. Ligaments.
Ans>> Ligaments.
,6. The nurse notices that a woman in an exercise class is unable to jump rope.
The nurse is aware that to jump rope, one's shoulder has to be capable of
Inversion.
b. Supination..
c. Protraction.
d. Circumduction.
Ans>> Circumduction.
7. The articulation of the mandible and the temporal bone is known as the:
a. Intervertebral foramen.
b. Condyle of the mandible.
c. Temporomandibular joint.
d. Zygomatic arch of the temporal bone.
Ans>> Temporomandibular joint.
8. To palpate the temporomandibular joint, the nurse's fingers should be
placed in the depression of the ear.
a. Distal to the helix
b... Proximal to the helix
c. Anterior to the tragus
d. Posterior to the tragus
Ans>> Anterior to the tragus
9. Of the 33 vertebrae in the spinal column, there are:
, a. 5 lumbar.
b. 5 thoracic.
c. 7 sacral.
d. 12 cervical.
Ans>> 5 lumbar.
10. An imaginary line connecting the highest point on each iliac crest would
cross the vertebra.
a. First sacral
b. Fourth lumbar
c. Seventh cervical
d. Twelfth thoracic
Ans>> Fourth lumbar
11. The nurse is explaining to a patient that there are shock absorbers in his
back to cushion the spine and to help it move. The nurse is referring to his:
a. Vertebral column.
b. Nucleus pulposus.
c. Vertebral foramen.
d. Intervertebral disks.
Ans>> Intervertebral disks.
12. The nurse is providing patient education for a man who has been diag-
nosed with a rotator cuff injury. The nurse knows that a rotator cuff injury
involves the:
Week 3 Midterm Exam
Questions with Verified Answers - Chamberlain
Consist of 100 multiple choices Questions with Answers
1. 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:
a. Flexion.
b. Abduction.
c. Adduction.
d. Extension.
Ans>> Adduction.
2. 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?
a. Flexion
b. Abduction
c. Adduction
,d. Extension
Ans>> Flexion
3. The functional units of the musculoskeletal system are the:
a. Joints.
b. Bones.
c. Muscles.
d. Tendons.
Ans>> Joints.
4. When reviewing the musculoskeletal system, the nurse recalls that
hematopoiesis takes place in the:
a. Liver.
b. Spleen.
c. Kidneys.
d. Bone marrow.
Ans>> Bone marrow.
5. Fibrous bands running directly from one bone to another that strengthen
the joint and help prevent movement in undesirable directions are called:
a. Bursa.
b... Tendons.
c. Cartilage.
d. Ligaments.
Ans>> Ligaments.
,6. The nurse notices that a woman in an exercise class is unable to jump rope.
The nurse is aware that to jump rope, one's shoulder has to be capable of
Inversion.
b. Supination..
c. Protraction.
d. Circumduction.
Ans>> Circumduction.
7. The articulation of the mandible and the temporal bone is known as the:
a. Intervertebral foramen.
b. Condyle of the mandible.
c. Temporomandibular joint.
d. Zygomatic arch of the temporal bone.
Ans>> Temporomandibular joint.
8. To palpate the temporomandibular joint, the nurse's fingers should be
placed in the depression of the ear.
a. Distal to the helix
b... Proximal to the helix
c. Anterior to the tragus
d. Posterior to the tragus
Ans>> Anterior to the tragus
9. Of the 33 vertebrae in the spinal column, there are:
, a. 5 lumbar.
b. 5 thoracic.
c. 7 sacral.
d. 12 cervical.
Ans>> 5 lumbar.
10. An imaginary line connecting the highest point on each iliac crest would
cross the vertebra.
a. First sacral
b. Fourth lumbar
c. Seventh cervical
d. Twelfth thoracic
Ans>> Fourth lumbar
11. The nurse is explaining to a patient that there are shock absorbers in his
back to cushion the spine and to help it move. The nurse is referring to his:
a. Vertebral column.
b. Nucleus pulposus.
c. Vertebral foramen.
d. Intervertebral disks.
Ans>> Intervertebral disks.
12. The nurse is providing patient education for a man who has been diag-
nosed with a rotator cuff injury. The nurse knows that a rotator cuff injury
involves the:
