N3320 Exam 3 2025/2026 Exam
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Gait - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Observe the client's gait as the client enters and walks
around the room. Note:
Base of support
Weight-bearing stability
Foot position
Stride and length and cadence of stride
Arm swing
Posture
Nudge test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Stand behind the client and put your arms around the
client while you gently nudge the sternum
,Inspect and palpate the TMJ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Have the client sit; put your index
and middle fingers just anterior to the external ear opening. Ask the client to open
the mouth as widely as possible. (The tips of your fingers should drop into the joint
spaces as the mouth opens.)
Move the jaw from side to side.
Protrude (push out) and retract (pull in) jaw.
Test ROM TMJ. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Test ROM. Ask the client to open the mouth
and move the jaw laterally against resistance. Next, as the client clenches the teeth,
feel for the contraction of the temporal and masseter muscles to test the integrity of
cranial nerve V (trigeminal nerve).
Test ROM of the cervical spine - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔by asking the client to touch the
chin to the chest (flexion) and to look up at the ceiling (hyperextension).
Flexion of the cervical spine is 45 degrees. Extension of the cervical spine is 45
degrees.
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, Cervical strain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔is the most common cause of neck pain. It is
characterized by impaired ROM and neck pain from abnormalities of the soft
tissue (muscles, ligaments, and nerves) due to straining or injuring the neck.
Causes of strains can include sleeping in the wrong position, carrying a heavy
suitcase, or being in an automobile crash.
Cervical disc degenerative disease and spinal cord tumors - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔are
associated with impaired ROM and pain that radiates to the back, shoulder, or
arms. Neck pain with a loss of sensation in the legs may occur with cervical spinal
cord compression.
Test for back and leg pain. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔If the client has low back pain that
radiates down the back, perform the straight leg test to check for a herniated
nucleus pulposus. Ask the client to lie flat and raise each relaxed leg independently
to the point of pain. At the point of pain, dorsiflex the client's foot. Note the degree
of elevation when pain occurs, the distribution and character of the pain, and the
results from dorsiflexion of the foot.
Tinel's sign - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Use your finger to percuss lightly over the median
nerve.
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Questions and Answers | A+ Score
Assured
Gait - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Observe the client's gait as the client enters and walks
around the room. Note:
Base of support
Weight-bearing stability
Foot position
Stride and length and cadence of stride
Arm swing
Posture
Nudge test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Stand behind the client and put your arms around the
client while you gently nudge the sternum
,Inspect and palpate the TMJ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Have the client sit; put your index
and middle fingers just anterior to the external ear opening. Ask the client to open
the mouth as widely as possible. (The tips of your fingers should drop into the joint
spaces as the mouth opens.)
Move the jaw from side to side.
Protrude (push out) and retract (pull in) jaw.
Test ROM TMJ. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Test ROM. Ask the client to open the mouth
and move the jaw laterally against resistance. Next, as the client clenches the teeth,
feel for the contraction of the temporal and masseter muscles to test the integrity of
cranial nerve V (trigeminal nerve).
Test ROM of the cervical spine - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔by asking the client to touch the
chin to the chest (flexion) and to look up at the ceiling (hyperextension).
Flexion of the cervical spine is 45 degrees. Extension of the cervical spine is 45
degrees.
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, Cervical strain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔is the most common cause of neck pain. It is
characterized by impaired ROM and neck pain from abnormalities of the soft
tissue (muscles, ligaments, and nerves) due to straining or injuring the neck.
Causes of strains can include sleeping in the wrong position, carrying a heavy
suitcase, or being in an automobile crash.
Cervical disc degenerative disease and spinal cord tumors - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔are
associated with impaired ROM and pain that radiates to the back, shoulder, or
arms. Neck pain with a loss of sensation in the legs may occur with cervical spinal
cord compression.
Test for back and leg pain. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔If the client has low back pain that
radiates down the back, perform the straight leg test to check for a herniated
nucleus pulposus. Ask the client to lie flat and raise each relaxed leg independently
to the point of pain. At the point of pain, dorsiflex the client's foot. Note the degree
of elevation when pain occurs, the distribution and character of the pain, and the
results from dorsiflexion of the foot.
Tinel's sign - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Use your finger to percuss lightly over the median
nerve.
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