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Chapter 22 Question and answers rated A+ 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. - correct answer ANS: C Moving a limb towa...

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Chapter 21. Musculoskeletal
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. - correct answer ✔ANS: C Moving a limb toward the midline of
the body is called adduction; moving a limb away from the midline of the body
is called abduction. Flexion is bending a limb at a joint; and extension is
straightening a limb at a joint.


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 - correct answer ✔ANS: A Flexion, or bending a limb at a joint,
is required to move the hand to the mouth. Extension is straightening a limb at
a joint. Moving a limb toward the midline of the body is called adduction;
abduction is moving a limb away from the midline of the body.


3. The functional units of the musculoskeletal system are the:
a. Joints.
b. Bones.
c. Muscles.

,d. Tendons. - correct answer ✔ANS: A Joints are the functional units of the
musculoskeletal system because they permit the mobility needed to perform
the activities of daily living. The skeleton (bones) is the framework of the body.
The other options are not correct.


4. When reviewing the musculoskeletal system, the nurse recalls that
hematopoiesis takes place in the:
a. Liver.
b. Spleen.
c. Kidneys.
d. Bone marrow. - correct answer ✔ANS: D The musculoskeletal system
functions to encase and protect the inner vital organs, to support the body, to
produce red blood cells in the bone marrow (hematopoiesis), and to store
minerals. The other options are not correct.


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. - correct answer ✔ANS: D Fibrous bands running directly from
one bone to another that strengthen the joint and help prevent movement in
undesirable directions are called ligaments. The other options are not correct.


6. 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:
a. Inversion.
b. Supination.
c. Protraction.

, d. Circumduction. - correct answer ✔ANS: D Circumduction is defined as
moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder. The other options are not
correct.


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. - correct answer ✔ANS: C The
articulation of the mandible and the temporal bone is the temporomandibular
joint. The other responses are not correct.


8. To palpate the temporomandibular joint, the nurses 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 - correct answer ✔ANS: C The temporomandibular
joint can be felt in the depression anterior to the tragus of the ear. The other
locations are not correct.


9. Of the 33 vertebrae in the spinal column, there are:
a. 5 lumbar.
b. 5 thoracic.
c. 7 sacral.
d. 12 cervical. - correct answer ✔ANS: A. There are 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5
lumbar, 5 sacral, and 3 to 4 coccygeal vertebrae in the spinal column. DIF:
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