Nurs 335 Exam 4 2025(Questions and answers) LATEST UPDATE
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Nurs 335
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Nurs 335
The production of red blood cells in the bone marrow is called:
A) hematopoiesis.
B) hemolysis.
C) hemoptysis.
D) hemianopsia. - ️️hematopoiesis.
When testing for muscle strength, the examiner should:
A) observe muscles for the degree of contraction when the individual lifts a heavy
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Nurs 335 Exam 4
The production of red blood cells in the bone marrow is called:
A) hematopoiesis.
B) hemolysis.
C) hemoptysis.
D) hemianopsia. - ✔️✔️hematopoiesis.
When testing for muscle strength, the examiner should:
A) observe muscles for the degree of contraction when the individual lifts a heavy
object.
B) apply an opposing force when the individual puts a joint in flexion or extension.
C) measure the degree of force that it takes to overcome joint flexion or extension.
D) estimate the degree of flexion and extension in each joint. - ✔️✔️apply an opposing
force when the individual puts a joint in flexion or extension.
Heberden and Bouchard nodes are hard and nontender and are associated with:
A) osteoarthritis.
B) rheumatoid arthritis.
C) Dupuytren contracture.
D) metacarpophalangeal bursitis. - ✔️✔️osteoarthritis.
The divisions of the spinal vertebrae include:
A) Cervical, thoracic, scaphoid, sacral, and clavicular.
B) Scapular, clavicular, lumbar, scaphoid, and fasciculi.
C) Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal.
D) Cervical, lumbar, iliac, synovial, and capsular. - ✔️✔️Cervical, thoracic, lumbar,
sacral, and coccygeal.
The knee joint is the articulation of three bones, the:
A) femur, fibula, and patella.
B) femur, radius, and olecranon process.
C) fibula, tibia, and patella.
D) femur, tibia, and patella. - ✔️✔️femur, tibia, and patella.
When assessing for the presence of a herniated nucleus pulposus, the examiner would:
A) raise each of the patient's legs straight while keeping the knee extended.
B) ask the patient to bend over and touch the floor while keeping the legs straight.
C) instruct the patient to do a knee bend.
D) abduct and adduct the patient's legs while keeping the knee extended. - ✔️✔️raise
each of the patient's legs straight while keeping the knee extended.
Crepitation is an audible sound that is produced by:
A) roughened articular surfaces moving over each other.
,B) tendons or ligaments that slip over bones during motion.
C) joints that are stretched when placed in hyperflexion or hyperextension.
D) flexion and extension of an inflamed bursa. - ✔️✔️roughened articular surfaces
moving over each other.
In which of the following ethnic groups has the lowest incidence of osteoporosis?
A) African Americans
B) Whites
C) Asians
D) American Indians - ✔️✔️African Americans
The musculoskeletal system functions include:
A) protection and storage.
B) movement and elimination.
C) storage and control.
D) propulsion and preservation. - ✔️✔️protection and storage.
Abduction - ✔️✔️moving a body part away from an axis or the median line
Adduction - ✔️✔️moving a body part toward the center or towards the median line
Ankylosis - ✔️✔️immobility, consolidation, and fixation of a joint because of disease,
injury, or surgery; most often due to chronic rheumatoid arthritis
Bursa - ✔️✔️enclosed sac filled with viscous fluid located in joint areas of potential
friction
Circumduction - ✔️✔️moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder
Crepitation - ✔️✔️dry crackling sound or sensation due to grating of the ends of
damaged bones
Dorsal - ✔️✔️directed toward or located on the surface
Dupuytren contracture - ✔️✔️flexion contracture of the fingers due to chronic
hyperplasia of the palmar fasica
Eversion - ✔️✔️moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle
Extension - ✔️✔️straightening a limb at a joint
, Flexion - ✔️✔️bending a limb at a joint
ganglion - ✔️✔️round, cystic, nontender nodule overlying a tender sheath or joint
capsule, usually on dorsum of wrist
Hallux valgus - ✔️✔️lateral or outward deviation of the great toe
Inversion - ✔️✔️moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle
Kyphosis - ✔️✔️outward or convex curvature of the thoracic spine; hunchback
ligament - ✔️✔️fibrous band running directly from one bone to another bone that
strengthens the joint
Lordosis - ✔️✔️inward or concave curvature of the lumbar spine
nucleus pulposus - ✔️✔️center of the intervertebral disk
olecranon process - ✔️✔️bony projection of the ulna at the elbow
patella - ✔️✔️kneecap
plantar - ✔️✔️surface of the sole of the foot
pronation - ✔️✔️turning the forearm so that the palm is down
protraction - ✔️✔️moving a body part forward and parallel to the ground
Range of motion - ✔️✔️extent of movement of a joint
Retraction - ✔️✔️moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground
Rheumatoid arthritis - ✔️✔️chronic systemic inflammatory disease of joints and
surrounding connective tissue
Sciatica - ✔️✔️nerve pain along the course of the sciatic nerve that travels down from
the back or thigh through the leg and into the foot
Scoliosis - ✔️✔️s-shaped curvature of the thoracic spine
Supination - ✔️✔️turning the forearm so that the palm is up
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