Muskuloskeletal Assessment

Question 1

Bending limb at joint

Answer 1

Flexión

Question 2

Straightening limb at joint

Answer 2

Extension

Question 3

Moving limb away from midline of body

Answer 3

Abduction

Question 4

Moving limb towards midline

Answer 4

Adduction

Question 5

Turning forearm so palm is down

Answer 5

Pronation

Question 6

Turning forearm so that palm is up

Answer 6

Supination

Question 7

Moving arm around should

Answer 7

Circumduction

Question 8

Moving sole of foot inward at ankle

Answer 8

Inversión

Question 9

Moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle

Answer 9

Eversion

Question 10

Moving head around central axis

Answer 10

Rotation

Question 11

Raising body part

Answer 11

Elevation

Question 12

Lowering body part

Answer 12

Depression

Question 13

Shifting weight farther back on lower extremities, creating back strain

Answer 13

Lordosis

Question 14

Loss of bone density

Answer 14

Osteoporosis

Question 15

Where lengthening of bone occurs

Answer 15

Epiphyses (growth plates)

Question 16

Cramping or aching feeling

Answer 16

Myalgia

Question 17

Shortening of a muscle leading to limited ROM of joint

Answer 17

Contracture

Question 18

Partial dislocation

Answer 18

Subluxation

Question 19

An audible and palpable crunching or grating that accompanies movement

Answer 19

Crepitation

Question 20

Test that reproduces numbness and burning sensations of carpal tunnel syndrome

Answer 20

Phalen test

Question 21

Percussion of the median nerve that produces burning and tingling along its distribution

Answer 21

Tinel’s Sign (carpal tunnel)

Question 22

Flexión deformity in opposite hip

Answer 22

Thomas test

Question 23

Confirms presence of small amounts of fluid in suprapatellar pouch

Answer 23

Bulge sign

Question 24

Test for larger amounts of fluid present in knee

Answer 24

Ballottement of Patella

Question 25

Locking, giving way, or local pain in the knee

Answer 25

McMurry Test

Question 26

A click during McMurry test indicates

Answer 26

Torn meniscus

Question 27

Distal part of great toe directed away from midline

Answer 27

Hallux valgus

Question 28

Test for fetal hip dislocation by comparing leg lengths

Answer 28

Allis Test

Question 29

Test for congenital dislocation

Answer 29

Ortolani manoeuvre

Question 30

Bowlegged stance

Answer 30

Genu varum

Question 31

Knock knees

Answer 31

Genu valgum

Question 32

Screen for progressive subluxation of the hip

Answer 32

Trendelenburg sign

Question 33

Ribs “hump up” on one side as the child bends forward

Answer 33

Scoliosis

Question 34

Due to common poor posture

Answer 34

Kyphosis

Question 35

Head of the bed is elevated 45 to 60 degrees and patients knees are slightly elevated

Answer 35

Supported Fowler’s Position

Question 36

Back lying position

Answer 36

Supone position

Question 37

Lying chest down

Answer 37

Prone position

Question 38

What position should patients be in if they experience cardiac issues, trouble breathing, or have a nasogastric tube?

Answer 38

Fowler’s

Question 39

This position allows for drainage of the mouth after oral or neck surgery, and allows for full flexion of knee and hip joints

Answer 39

Prone

Question 40

This position may be used to promote perfusion in obese patients

Answer 40

Reverse Trendelenburg

Question 41

What position helps treat air embolism and prevent pulmonary aspiration?

Answer 41

Reverse Trendelenburg

Question 42

Position for administering enemas, perineal examinations, and for comfort during pregnancy

Answer 42

Sims

Question 43

“At rest” position, most often used in surgery

Answer 43

Supone

Question 44

Position that used to be used to treat hypotension, during gynaecological and abdominal surgeries, and when placing central lines.

Answer 44

Trendelenburg

Question 45

If a patient complains of joint pain that is worse in the morning, and gets better with movement, what would the nurse suspect?

Answer 45

Rheumatoid arthritis

Question 46

Chronic, systemic inflammatory disease of joints and surrounding connective tissue

Answer 46

Rheumatoid arthritis

Question 47

Chronic progressive inflammation of spine, sacroiliac and larger joints of the extremities, leading to bony ankylosis and deformity.

Answer 47

Ankylosing spondylitis

Question 48

Non inflammatory, localized, progressive disorder involving deterioration of articular cartilage and subchondral bone and formation of new bone (psteophytes) at joint surface.

Answer 48

Osteoarthritis

Question 49

Decrease in skeletal bone mass due to increased bone resorption.

Answer 49

Osteoporosis

Question 50

Swelling caused by excess fluid in the joint capsule

Answer 50

Joint effusion Can be seen in rheumatoid arthritis

Question 51

Joint effusion or synovial thickening seen first as bulge or fullness in grooves on either side of olecranon process

Answer 51

Gouty arthritis