Exam 19: Musculoskeletal System

A patient is complaining of painful tingling in the digits of her left hand,accompanied by wrist pain.With the patient positioned with the palmar surface of the left hand facing up,the nurse taps the median nerve over the center of the wrist.If the patient has carpal tunnel syndrome,what would she now report to the nurse?

A nursing instructor asks the students to name the different biaxial joints of the body.Which response by the students would indicate that further study is needed? Select all that apply.

A foot with a low longitudinal arch is referred to as

To assess for Trousseau's sign,place a blood pressure cuff on the patient's upper arm and inflate to

You are caring for a 58-year-old woman,who is complaining of pain in the elbows and fingers.Which of the following changes in a patient's neurovascular examination should be reported as a critical sign of arterial insufficiency?

Your client can achieve complete range of motion of both elbows only as you support her joints and without applying manual resistance.How would you record her muscle strength?

Dorsiflexion of the feet is assessed by instructing the patient to

Unilateral hypertrophy of the arm muscles is most likely seen in an individual who regularly

Palpation,one of the four components of musculoskeletal examination,is used to assess

The Lachman test is performed to examine a patient's knee for

While observing a patient walking,you note that she lifts one foot 1-2 inches off the floor and steps forward approximately 12 inches,shifting her weight from the heel onto the ball of that foot,and continues forward.The patient is erect,balanced,and swings her arms freely in the opposite direction to the movement of her legs.You record that her gait and mobility are

Which of the following are components of the musculoskeletal system? Select all that apply.

Your patient was admitted after a fall in her home.After measuring the patient's legs,you determine that her left leg is 4.5 cm shorter than her right leg.This difference most likely indicates

A patient,lying supine with both legs extended and raised 2 inches off the table,is able to maintain this position for only 20 seconds.This finding most likely indicates that the patient has

A patient has a decreased step height and length with increased step speed.He appears to hesitate both in initiating and in terminating ambulation.Which pathology is he most likely experiencing?

A freely movable joint that includes the shoulder,elbow,wrist,and thumb is called a(n)

The function of the tendon is to ______________________________.

A patient who uses hip and knee flexion to lift the foot off the floor and then place the whole sole of the foot on the floor at once is demonstrating

Examination of the range of motion of a patient's cervical spine is flexion,45°; hyperextension,55°; lateral bending,40° to left and right; and rotation,70° to left and right.These findings most likely indicate

Osteoporosis is the loss of ____________________.