NPTE Exam Questions With Correct
Answers A+
Vex/Cave Rule for capitate, lunate, scaphoid and triquetrum? - Answer✔Vex=Opp
Loose packed position for GH Joint? - Answer✔50-70 Deg Abd, 35 Deg Horz Abd
Loose packed position for Humeroulnar joint ? - Answer✔70 deg flex, 10 deg Sup
Loose packed Position for Proximal Radioulnar Joint? - Answer✔Full Ext 35 deg Sup
Loose packed Position for Distal Radioulnar Joint? - Answer✔10 deg sup
Vex/Cave Rule for Navicular, Cuneiform? - Answer✔Vex=opp
Vex/Cave Rule for Cuboid and Calcaneus? - Answer✔Cave=Same
Vex/Cave Rule for Talus? - Answer✔Vex=Opp
Loose packed Position for Hip ? - Answer✔30 Deg Flex, 30 Deg Abd, Slight ER
Loose packed Position for Talocrural ? - Answer✔10 Deg PF
Closed Packed Position for Acromioclavicular? - Answer✔90 Deg Abd
Closed Packed Position for GH - Answer✔Max Abd and ER
Closed Packed Position for Humeroradial - Answer✔90 Flex, 5 Deg Sup
Closed Packed Position for Humeroulnar - Answer✔Max Ext and Sup
Closed Packed Position for Proximal Radioulnar - Answer✔MAx ext, 5 deg Sup
Closed Packed Position for Distal Radioulnar - Answer✔5 Deg Sup
Closed Packed Position for Hip - Answer✔"Bone: 90 Flex, Slight Abd and Er
Lig: Max Ext, Abd, IR"
Closed Packed Position for Knee - Answer✔Max ER and Ext
Pathological End Feel: Boggy? - Answer✔Swelling/Edema
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Pathological End Feel: Firm decreased Elasticity? - Answer✔Soft tissue Fibrosus
Pathological End Feel: Rubbery? - Answer✔Muscle Spasm
Pathological End Feel: Empty? - Answer✔Muscle Guarding
Muscle Substitution: Shoulder Abd weak? - Answer✔Scap Stabilizers
Muscle Substitution: Hip Abductors Weak? - Answer✔Lat Trunk M. TFL
Muscle Substitution: Finger Flexors Weak? - Answer✔Tenodesis, Passive Finger Flex with
Wrist Ext
Muscle Substitution: Pecs Weak - Answer✔LOng Head Biceps, Coracobrachialis, Ant Delt
Muscle Substitution: Hip Extensors Weak? - Answer✔Low Back Extensor, Adductor Magnus,
QL
Muscle Substitution: Hip Flexors Weak? - Answer✔Lower Obliques, Low Abs, Lat Dorsi, Hip
Add
Capsular Patterns: OA Joint? - Answer✔Flex>Ext
Capsular Patterns: AA Joint? - Answer✔Rotation
Capsular Patterns: GH Joint? - Answer✔ER>Abd>IR
Capsular Patterns: HU Joint? - Answer✔Flex>Ext
Capsular Patterns: HR Joint? - Answer✔Flex>Ext
Capsular Patterns: Thoracic Spine? - Answer✔Rotation/Sidebending>Ext>Flex
Capsular Patterns: Lumbar Spine? - Answer✔Rotation/Sidebending/Ext/Flex
Capsular Patterns: Hip? - Answer✔Flex/IR>Abd
Capsular Patterns: Knee? - Answer✔Flex>Ext
Capsular Patterns: talocrural? - Answer✔DF>PF
Capsular Patterns: Subtalar? - Answer✔INV>EVR
Capsular Patterns:Midtarsal? - Answer✔Sup>Pro
Grades of Accessory Joint Motion: 0 - Answer✔Ankelosed
Grades of Accessory Joint Motion: 1 - Answer✔Hypomobile
Grades of Accessory Joint Motion: 2 - Answer✔Slightly Hypomobile
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Grades of Accessory Joint Motion: 3 - Answer✔Normal
Grades of Accessory Joint Motion: 4 - Answer✔Slightly Hypermobile
Grades of Accessory Joint Motion: 5 - Answer✔Hypermobile
Grades of Accessory Joint Motion: 6 - Answer✔Unstable
Myotomes: C1-C2 - Answer✔Neck flexion
Myotomes: C3 - Answer✔Neck lateral flexion
Myotomes: C4 - Answer✔Upper Trap/Shld Shrug
Myotomes: C5 - Answer✔Shld Abd/ Delt
Myotomes: C6 - Answer✔ECR and Biceps/ Wrist Ext and Elbow Flexion
Myotomes: C7 - Answer✔Elbow Ext and Wrist Flex/ Triceps
Myotomes: C8 - Answer✔Thumb Ext/ EPL and EPB
Myotomes: T1 - Answer✔Finger Abd/ Interossei
Ligament Function: Coracohumeral Lig - Answer✔reinforce bicep tendon, prevent caudal
dislocation, reinforces superior capsule
Ligament Function: Glenohumeral Lig - Answer✔Reinforce GH Capsule
GH and Scapulothoracic Rhythm ratio at 180 deg of ABD - Answer✔2:01:00
GH "Deg of Movement from GH for ABD
Deg of Movement from Scapulothoracic for ABD" - Answer✔120 deg, 60 deg
Requirements for Full Arm elevation - Answer✔"1. Scap Stabilization
2. Inf glide of Humerus
3. ER of humerus
4. Rotation of clavicle at SC joint
5. Scap Abd and ER of Acromion
6. Straightening of thoracic kyphosis"
Ligament Function: Ulnar Collateral - Answer✔reinforces Joint Medially
Ligament Function: Radial Collateral - Answer✔Reinforces Joint Laterally
Ligament Function: Annular - Answer✔protects radial head
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Blood Supply: Elbow Joint - Answer✔1. Brachial Artery
2. anterior ulnar Recurrent A
3. Post ulnar Recurrent A.
4. Radial Recurrent A.
5. Middle Collateral branch of deep brachial A.
Innervation: Palmar Lateral 1/2 of 4th and 3rd, 2nd, and 1st digit and Dorsal 2nd, 3rd and lateral
1/2 4th - Answer✔Median N.
Angle of Inclination of the Hip - Answer✔115-125
Coxa Valga Angle - Answer✔>125
Coxa Vara Angle - Answer✔<115
Normal anterior Antetorsion of the hip - Answer✔10/15/2014
Excessive Anteversion - Answer✔>25-30
Excessive Retroversion - Answer✔<10
Myotomes: L1-L2 - Answer✔Hip Flex/ Illiopsoas
Myotomes: L3 - Answer✔Knee Ext/Quad
Myotomes: L4 - Answer✔Ankle DF/Ant Tib
Myotomes: L5 - Answer✔Great Toe Ext/ EHL
Myotomes: S1 - Answer✔Ankle EVR/ CFL and CFB
Muscle Action: Iliopsoas - Answer✔Hip Flexion
Muscle Action: Sartorius - Answer✔Hip Flexion, ER, Hip Abd
Muscle Action: Quads - Answer✔Knee Ext
Muscle Action: Pectineus - Answer✔Hip ADD
Muscle Action: Adductor Longus - Answer✔Hip ADD
Muscle Action: Adductor Brevis - Answer✔Hip ADD
Muscle Action: Gracilis - Answer✔Hip ADD
Muscle Action: Glut Med - Answer✔Hip Flex, Hip IR, Hip ABD