WKU NURS 335 CHAPTER 22 2026/2027 – HEALTH ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE,
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & EXAM REVIEW
In which of the following ethnic groups has the lowest incidence of osteoporosis?
A) African Americans
B) Whites
C) Asians
D) American Indians - ANS ✔✔African Americans
Heberden and Bouchard nodes are hard and nontender and are associated with:
A) osteoarthritis.
B) rheumatoid arthritis.
C) Dupuytren contracture.
D) metacarpophalangeal bursitis. - ANS ✔✔osteoarthritis.
The divisions of the spinal vertebrae include:
A) Cervical, thoracic, scaphoid, sacral, and clavicular.
B) Scapular, clavicular, lumbar, scaphoid, and fasciculi.
C) Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal.
D) Cervical, lumbar, iliac, synovial, and capsular. - ANS ✔✔Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and
coccygeal.
When testing for muscle strength, the examiner should:
A) observe muscles for the degree of contraction when the individual lifts a heavy object.
B) apply an opposing force when the individual puts a joint in flexion or extension.
C) measure the degree of force that it takes to overcome joint flexion or extension.
D) estimate the degree of flexion and extension in each joint. - ANS ✔✔apply an opposing force when
the individual puts a joint in flexion or extension.
The knee joint is the articulation of three bones, the:
A) femur, fibula, and patella.
B) femur, radius, and olecranon process.
C) fibula, tibia, and patella.
D) femur, tibia, and patella. - ANS ✔✔femur, tibia, and patella.
When assessing for the presence of a herniated nucleus pulposus, the examiner would:
A) raise each of the patient's legs straight while keeping the knee extended.
B) ask the patient to bend over and touch the floor while keeping the legs straight.
C) instruct the patient to do a knee bend.
D) abduct and adduct the patient's legs while keeping the knee extended. - ANS ✔✔raise each of the
patient's legs straight while keeping the knee extended.
Crepitation is an audible sound that is produced by:
A) roughened articular surfaces moving over each other.
B) tendons or ligaments that slip over bones during motion.
C) joints that are stretched when placed in hyperflexion or hyperextension.
, D) flexion and extension of an inflamed bursa. - ANS ✔✔roughened articular surfaces moving over each
other.
Bundles of muscle fibers that compose skeletal muscle are identified as:
A) fasciculi.
B) fasciculations.
C) ligaments.
D) tendons. - ANS ✔✔fasciculi
The production of red blood cells in the bone marrow is called:
A) hematopoiesis.
B) hemolysis.
C) hemoptysis.
D) hemianopsia. - ANS ✔✔hematopoiesis.
The musculoskeletal system functions include:
A) protection and storage.
B) movement and elimination.
C) storage and control.
D) propulsion and preservation. - ANS ✔✔protection and storage.
Abduction - ANS ✔✔moving a body part away from an axis or the median line
Adduction - ANS ✔✔moving a body part toward the center or towards the median line
Ankylosis - ANS ✔✔immobility, consolidation, and fixation of a joint because of disease, injury, or
surgery; most often due to chronic rheumatoid arthritis
Bursa - ANS ✔✔enclosed sac filled with viscous fluid located in joint areas of potential friction
Circumduction - ANS ✔✔moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder
Crepitation - ANS ✔✔dry crackling sound or sensation due to grating of the ends of damaged bones
Dorsal - ANS ✔✔directed toward or located on the surface
Dupuytren contracture - ANS ✔✔flexion contracture of the fingers due to chronic hyperplasia of the
palmar fasica
Eversion - ANS ✔✔moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle
Extension - ANS ✔✔straightening a limb at a joint
Flexion - ANS ✔✔bending a limb at a joint
ganglion - ANS ✔✔round, cystic, nontender nodule overlying a tender sheath or joint capsule, usually on
dorsum of wrist
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & EXAM REVIEW
In which of the following ethnic groups has the lowest incidence of osteoporosis?
A) African Americans
B) Whites
C) Asians
D) American Indians - ANS ✔✔African Americans
Heberden and Bouchard nodes are hard and nontender and are associated with:
A) osteoarthritis.
B) rheumatoid arthritis.
C) Dupuytren contracture.
D) metacarpophalangeal bursitis. - ANS ✔✔osteoarthritis.
The divisions of the spinal vertebrae include:
A) Cervical, thoracic, scaphoid, sacral, and clavicular.
B) Scapular, clavicular, lumbar, scaphoid, and fasciculi.
C) Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal.
D) Cervical, lumbar, iliac, synovial, and capsular. - ANS ✔✔Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and
coccygeal.
When testing for muscle strength, the examiner should:
A) observe muscles for the degree of contraction when the individual lifts a heavy object.
B) apply an opposing force when the individual puts a joint in flexion or extension.
C) measure the degree of force that it takes to overcome joint flexion or extension.
D) estimate the degree of flexion and extension in each joint. - ANS ✔✔apply an opposing force when
the individual puts a joint in flexion or extension.
The knee joint is the articulation of three bones, the:
A) femur, fibula, and patella.
B) femur, radius, and olecranon process.
C) fibula, tibia, and patella.
D) femur, tibia, and patella. - ANS ✔✔femur, tibia, and patella.
When assessing for the presence of a herniated nucleus pulposus, the examiner would:
A) raise each of the patient's legs straight while keeping the knee extended.
B) ask the patient to bend over and touch the floor while keeping the legs straight.
C) instruct the patient to do a knee bend.
D) abduct and adduct the patient's legs while keeping the knee extended. - ANS ✔✔raise each of the
patient's legs straight while keeping the knee extended.
Crepitation is an audible sound that is produced by:
A) roughened articular surfaces moving over each other.
B) tendons or ligaments that slip over bones during motion.
C) joints that are stretched when placed in hyperflexion or hyperextension.
, D) flexion and extension of an inflamed bursa. - ANS ✔✔roughened articular surfaces moving over each
other.
Bundles of muscle fibers that compose skeletal muscle are identified as:
A) fasciculi.
B) fasciculations.
C) ligaments.
D) tendons. - ANS ✔✔fasciculi
The production of red blood cells in the bone marrow is called:
A) hematopoiesis.
B) hemolysis.
C) hemoptysis.
D) hemianopsia. - ANS ✔✔hematopoiesis.
The musculoskeletal system functions include:
A) protection and storage.
B) movement and elimination.
C) storage and control.
D) propulsion and preservation. - ANS ✔✔protection and storage.
Abduction - ANS ✔✔moving a body part away from an axis or the median line
Adduction - ANS ✔✔moving a body part toward the center or towards the median line
Ankylosis - ANS ✔✔immobility, consolidation, and fixation of a joint because of disease, injury, or
surgery; most often due to chronic rheumatoid arthritis
Bursa - ANS ✔✔enclosed sac filled with viscous fluid located in joint areas of potential friction
Circumduction - ANS ✔✔moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder
Crepitation - ANS ✔✔dry crackling sound or sensation due to grating of the ends of damaged bones
Dorsal - ANS ✔✔directed toward or located on the surface
Dupuytren contracture - ANS ✔✔flexion contracture of the fingers due to chronic hyperplasia of the
palmar fasica
Eversion - ANS ✔✔moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle
Extension - ANS ✔✔straightening a limb at a joint
Flexion - ANS ✔✔bending a limb at a joint
ganglion - ANS ✔✔round, cystic, nontender nodule overlying a tender sheath or joint capsule, usually on
dorsum of wrist
