NAVLE PREP ACTUAL EXAM PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ A temporary acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face.
Answer: bells palsy
◍ rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle.
Answer: clonic/clonus
◍ movement of the limbs towards the lateral plane or away from the axial line
of a limb.
Answer: abduction
◍ movement of the limbs toward the medial plane of the body or the axial line
of a limb.
Answer: adduction
◍ fracture in which the broken bone segments are at an angle to each other.
Answer: angulated fracture
◍ where two bones meet.
Answer: articulation
◍ rigid extension of all four extremities with hyperpronation of the forearms
and plantar flexion of the feet.
Answer: decerebrate posturing
◍ wasting or decreases in size or physiological activity of a part of the body
because of diseases or other influences.
Answer: atrophy
◍ fibrous sac between certain tendons and bones beneath them.
Answer: bursa
,◍ posturing manifested by the obtunded pt pulling arms and hands medially
toward the center of the body in response to noxious stimuli.
Answer: decorticate posturing
◍ inflammation of the connective tissue structure surrounding a joint.
Answer: bursitis
◍ the area of skin supplied by cuntaneous branches of single cranial or spinal
nerve.
Answer: dermatome
◍ Tough tissue that covers the joint ends of bones and helps to form certain
body parts such as the ear.
Answer: cartilage
◍ an acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord involving the meninges
often due to a virus.
Answer: encephalitis
◍ a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures secondary
to any underlying brain abnormality.
Answer: epilepsy
◍ muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of the body.
Answer: hemiparesis
◍ an injury to an extremity with no associated opening in the skin.
Answer: closed extremity injury
◍ total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of
or injury to the motor centers of the brain.
Answer: hemiplegia
◍ a post infectious disorder following a nonspecific gastrointestinal or
respiratory infection that causes an acute neuromuscular paralysis.
Answer: guillian barre syndrome
◍ a fracture in which the bone is broken in several places.
, Answer: comminuted fracture
◍ a sensation of prickling tingling or creeping on the skin having no objective
cause and usually associated with injury or irritation of a sensory nerve or
nerve root.
Answer: paresthesia
◍ injury caused when tissues such as blood vessels and nerves are constricted
within a space as from swelling or from a tight dressing or cast.
Answer: compartment syndrome
◍ a prolonged seizure or situation when a person suffers two or more
convulsive seizures without regaining full consciousness.
Answer: status epilepticus
◍ main network of coordination and control for the body.
Answer: central nervous system (brain and spinal cord)
◍ felt when two irregular bony surfaces rub together as a joint moves, when
two rough edges of a broken bone rub together.
Answer: crepitus
◍ the disrupting or "coming apart" of a body part (joint) from its normal
position.
Answer: dislocation
◍ the abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces of tissue.
Answer: edema
◍ nerves that enter and exit the spinal cord between the vertebrae the 12 pairs
of the cranial nerves that travel between the brain and the organs without
passing through the spinal cord and all of the body's other motor sensory
nerves.
Answer: peripheral nervous system
◍ coordinates and regulates the internal organs of the body such as cardiac
muscle and smooth muscle. it has two divisions each tending to balance the
impulses of the other.
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ A temporary acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face.
Answer: bells palsy
◍ rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle.
Answer: clonic/clonus
◍ movement of the limbs towards the lateral plane or away from the axial line
of a limb.
Answer: abduction
◍ movement of the limbs toward the medial plane of the body or the axial line
of a limb.
Answer: adduction
◍ fracture in which the broken bone segments are at an angle to each other.
Answer: angulated fracture
◍ where two bones meet.
Answer: articulation
◍ rigid extension of all four extremities with hyperpronation of the forearms
and plantar flexion of the feet.
Answer: decerebrate posturing
◍ wasting or decreases in size or physiological activity of a part of the body
because of diseases or other influences.
Answer: atrophy
◍ fibrous sac between certain tendons and bones beneath them.
Answer: bursa
,◍ posturing manifested by the obtunded pt pulling arms and hands medially
toward the center of the body in response to noxious stimuli.
Answer: decorticate posturing
◍ inflammation of the connective tissue structure surrounding a joint.
Answer: bursitis
◍ the area of skin supplied by cuntaneous branches of single cranial or spinal
nerve.
Answer: dermatome
◍ Tough tissue that covers the joint ends of bones and helps to form certain
body parts such as the ear.
Answer: cartilage
◍ an acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord involving the meninges
often due to a virus.
Answer: encephalitis
◍ a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures secondary
to any underlying brain abnormality.
Answer: epilepsy
◍ muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of the body.
Answer: hemiparesis
◍ an injury to an extremity with no associated opening in the skin.
Answer: closed extremity injury
◍ total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of
or injury to the motor centers of the brain.
Answer: hemiplegia
◍ a post infectious disorder following a nonspecific gastrointestinal or
respiratory infection that causes an acute neuromuscular paralysis.
Answer: guillian barre syndrome
◍ a fracture in which the bone is broken in several places.
, Answer: comminuted fracture
◍ a sensation of prickling tingling or creeping on the skin having no objective
cause and usually associated with injury or irritation of a sensory nerve or
nerve root.
Answer: paresthesia
◍ injury caused when tissues such as blood vessels and nerves are constricted
within a space as from swelling or from a tight dressing or cast.
Answer: compartment syndrome
◍ a prolonged seizure or situation when a person suffers two or more
convulsive seizures without regaining full consciousness.
Answer: status epilepticus
◍ main network of coordination and control for the body.
Answer: central nervous system (brain and spinal cord)
◍ felt when two irregular bony surfaces rub together as a joint moves, when
two rough edges of a broken bone rub together.
Answer: crepitus
◍ the disrupting or "coming apart" of a body part (joint) from its normal
position.
Answer: dislocation
◍ the abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces of tissue.
Answer: edema
◍ nerves that enter and exit the spinal cord between the vertebrae the 12 pairs
of the cranial nerves that travel between the brain and the organs without
passing through the spinal cord and all of the body's other motor sensory
nerves.
Answer: peripheral nervous system
◍ coordinates and regulates the internal organs of the body such as cardiac
muscle and smooth muscle. it has two divisions each tending to balance the
impulses of the other.
