Test 1 Part 1

Question 1

T/F: Chiropractors can do male/female health exams in all 50 states.

Answer 1

False; in most states though

Question 2

What are the top 3 cancer-related causes of death in males in the US?

Answer 2

lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers

Question 3

What is the average male life-expectancy?

Answer 3

75.6 years (80.6 for women)

Question 4

How often should a man have a blood pressure screening?

Answer 4

every 2 years, unless elevated, then every year

Question 5

T/F: Men over 34 should have their cholesterol checked every 5 years.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

When should a man start doing cholesterol screenings if he has risk factors for heart disease?

Answer 6

age 20, every 5 years

Question 7

How often should men have preventative health visits?

Answer 7

every 2 years (every year after age 50)

Question 8

For men between the ages of 50 and 75, how often should they have a stool test taken? sigmoidoscopy? colonoscopy?

Answer 8

every year;
every 5 years,
every 10 years

Question 9

Assuming no additional risk factors, at what age should a man begin having prostate cancer screenings? osteoporosis screening?

Answer 9

50 and older;

50-75

Question 10

How often should men over the age of 65 have a blood pressure screening?

Answer 10

every year

Question 11

How often should men over the age of 65 have cholesterol screenings, assuming it has always been normal?

Answer 11

if normal, recheck every 5 years

Question 12

T/F: Osteoporosis screening should be done in all men over 75.

Answer 12

False; all men over 65

Question 13

T/F: getting less than 7-9 hours of sleep is associated with diabetes, CVD, obesity, depression, and even motor vehicle accidents.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Every adolescent/adult male should do self exams to help detect tumors, diseases, and infections. How often?

Answer 14

every month

Question 15

When is the best time to do self exams of the scrotum and testes?

Answer 15

when bathing (warmth)

Question 16

T/F: Gonorrhea, Syphillis, and chlamydia are all curable.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

T/F: HPV is curable.

Answer 17

False; incurable (Herpes and HIV are also incurable)

Question 18

What are the 3 most common STIs?

Answer 18

HPV, Herpes, Chlamydia

Question 19

T/F:The corpora cavernosa is on the ventral aspect of the penis.

Answer 19

False; dorsum and sides

Question 20

Which contains the urethra, corpus spongiosum or corpora cavernosa?

Answer 20

spongiosum

Question 21

Which expands to form the glans penis, corpora cavernosa or corpus spongiosum?

Answer 21

spongiosum

Question 22

T/F: Sperm and testosterone are produced in the epididymis.

Answer 22

False; produced in testis, epididymis is for storage/maturation of sperm

Question 23

What is the main purpose of the cremasteric muscle?

Answer 23

temperature control

cream need temperature regulation

Question 24

T/F: Separation of the prepuce from the glans is usually incomplete at birth and may not occur until age 4.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

At what age(s) is it normal for the foreskin to be non-retractable?

Answer 25

0-4 years

Question 26

T/F: Male infants do not get erections.

Answer 26

False; transient erections are common in infancy

Question 27

Why is it important to have warm hands when palpating the scrotum and testes (besides for patient comfort)?

Answer 27

cold hands may stimulate a cremasteric reflex

Question 28

Before palpating the scrotum of an infant, where should you place the thumb and index finger of one hand?

Answer 28

over the inguinal canals (prevents retraction of testes)

Question 29

T/F: If a testicle can be pushed from the inguinal canal into the scrotum, it is still considered descended.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

What is the name of the position often used to examine the toddlers/preschoolers which involves the child seated with knees pulled back to chest in order to increase the abdominal pressure pushing the testicles into the scrotum?

Answer 30

"tailor pressure"

Question 31

What is the term for when the testicles are not descended?

Answer 31

crytochordism

Question 32

T/F: the mass from a hernia will transilluminate with a cherry red glow.

Answer 32

False; the mass will not transilluminate

Question 33

T/F: the mass from a hydrocele will transilluminate with a cherry red glow.

Answer 33

True