Weber Health Assessment
in Nursing Chapter 24
Assessing the
Musculoskeletal System
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, What are the extremities, shoulders and hips referred to appendicular skeleton
as?
What two types of osseous tissue can bones be classified compact and spongy
into?
What cells form bone tissue? osteoblasts
What cell degrade bone tissues? osetoclasts
What is the cover of the bone called? periosteum
What does the periosteum contain? osteoblasts and red blood vessesls
What are the three types of muscle? skeletal, smooth and cardiac
What do tendons connect? skeletal muscles to bone
What do ligaments attach? bones in synovial joints
What are the joints that are fibrous connective tissue and fibrous joints
are immovable?
What are joints between vetebrae? Cartilaginous joints
What are the joints between shoulders, wrists, hips and synovial joints
knees?
What are bursar? small sacs filled with synovial fluid that serve to cushion joints
What condition would the nurse suspect if a client states TMJ
his jaw "gets locked or stuck"?
What signs may be seen with TMJ? jaw tenderness, pain, or clicking
How is bone pain often described? dull, deep and throbbing
What types of pain would a patient with a fracture sharp-knife like pain that is worse with movement
describe?
A patient who described pain deep in the joint on one oesteoarthritis
side of the body that improves with rest and with stiffness
in the morning is describing what?
A patient who describes burning, throbbing bilateral joint rheumatoid arthritis
pain that worsens with sitting for long periods is
describing what?
in Nursing Chapter 24
Assessing the
Musculoskeletal System
2026 with Q&A
|Graded A+ | Guaranteed
success|
Updated 2026 Questions and Answers
100% Verified Exam Prep and Comprehensive
Rationales
Included
, What are the extremities, shoulders and hips referred to appendicular skeleton
as?
What two types of osseous tissue can bones be classified compact and spongy
into?
What cells form bone tissue? osteoblasts
What cell degrade bone tissues? osetoclasts
What is the cover of the bone called? periosteum
What does the periosteum contain? osteoblasts and red blood vessesls
What are the three types of muscle? skeletal, smooth and cardiac
What do tendons connect? skeletal muscles to bone
What do ligaments attach? bones in synovial joints
What are the joints that are fibrous connective tissue and fibrous joints
are immovable?
What are joints between vetebrae? Cartilaginous joints
What are the joints between shoulders, wrists, hips and synovial joints
knees?
What are bursar? small sacs filled with synovial fluid that serve to cushion joints
What condition would the nurse suspect if a client states TMJ
his jaw "gets locked or stuck"?
What signs may be seen with TMJ? jaw tenderness, pain, or clicking
How is bone pain often described? dull, deep and throbbing
What types of pain would a patient with a fracture sharp-knife like pain that is worse with movement
describe?
A patient who described pain deep in the joint on one oesteoarthritis
side of the body that improves with rest and with stiffness
in the morning is describing what?
A patient who describes burning, throbbing bilateral joint rheumatoid arthritis
pain that worsens with sitting for long periods is
describing what?
