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MSK Final Review Exam Questions With
Correct Answers A+
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a knee injury. When describing range-of-
motion exercises, the nurse should explain that the knee is which of the following types of
joints?
A)Hinge
B)Pivot
C)Gliding
D)Ball and socket - Answer✔A.) Hinge
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has arthritis in her thumbs. When describing
range-of-motion exercises, the nurse should explain that the thumb is which of the following
types of joints?
A)Hinge
B)Saddle
C)Gliding
D)Ball and socket - Answer✔B.)Saddle
A nurse is assisting with the care of a patient who is one day postoperative following a
thyroidectomy and complains of severe muscle spasms in the lower extremities. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take?
A)Monitor the patient's peripheral pulses
B)Determine the patient's calcium level
C)Administer IV normal saline solution
D)Give the client an oral potassium supplement - Answer✔B.) determine calcium levels
Without red bone marrow, bones would not be able to _______________
A)Store calcium
B)Store phosphate
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C)Move when pulled by muscle
D)Make blood cells - Answer✔D.)make red blood cells
Yellow bone marrow is___________
A.)A point of attachment for muscles
B.)An area of fat storage
C.)Responsible for blood cell production
D.)The hard portion of bone - Answer✔B.) an area of fat storage
Which of the following provide flexibility and smooth surfaces for movement?
A.)Ligaments
B.)Red bone marrow
C.)Cartilage
D.)Yellow bone marrow - Answer✔C.) Cartilage
The skeletal system does not include
A.)Ligaments
B.)Muscles
C.)Bones
D.)Cartilage - Answer✔B.)muscles
Which of the following is part of the brain that initiates muscle contractions?
A.)Parietal lobe
B.)Cerebellum
C.)Frontal lobe
D.)Temporal lobe - Answer✔B.)cerebellum
Muscles are attached to bones by which of the following
A.)Tendons
B.)Ligaments
C.)Fascia
D.)Other muscles - Answer✔A.) Tendons
Which of the following is a transmitter at the neuromuscular junction?
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MSK Final Review Exam Questions With
Correct Answers A+
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a knee injury. When describing range-of-
motion exercises, the nurse should explain that the knee is which of the following types of
joints?
A)Hinge
B)Pivot
C)Gliding
D)Ball and socket - Answer✔A.) Hinge
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has arthritis in her thumbs. When describing
range-of-motion exercises, the nurse should explain that the thumb is which of the following
types of joints?
A)Hinge
B)Saddle
C)Gliding
D)Ball and socket - Answer✔B.)Saddle
A nurse is assisting with the care of a patient who is one day postoperative following a
thyroidectomy and complains of severe muscle spasms in the lower extremities. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take?
A)Monitor the patient's peripheral pulses
B)Determine the patient's calcium level
C)Administer IV normal saline solution
D)Give the client an oral potassium supplement - Answer✔B.) determine calcium levels
Without red bone marrow, bones would not be able to _______________
A)Store calcium
B)Store phosphate
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C)Move when pulled by muscle
D)Make blood cells - Answer✔D.)make red blood cells
Yellow bone marrow is___________
A.)A point of attachment for muscles
B.)An area of fat storage
C.)Responsible for blood cell production
D.)The hard portion of bone - Answer✔B.) an area of fat storage
Which of the following provide flexibility and smooth surfaces for movement?
A.)Ligaments
B.)Red bone marrow
C.)Cartilage
D.)Yellow bone marrow - Answer✔C.) Cartilage
The skeletal system does not include
A.)Ligaments
B.)Muscles
C.)Bones
D.)Cartilage - Answer✔B.)muscles
Which of the following is part of the brain that initiates muscle contractions?
A.)Parietal lobe
B.)Cerebellum
C.)Frontal lobe
D.)Temporal lobe - Answer✔B.)cerebellum
Muscles are attached to bones by which of the following
A.)Tendons
B.)Ligaments
C.)Fascia
D.)Other muscles - Answer✔A.) Tendons
Which of the following is a transmitter at the neuromuscular junction?
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