Maryville Nurs 612 Exam 3 Musculoskeletal System
Questions with Correct Answers
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1. Tests for torn meniscus in the knee.
Answer: McMurray Test
2. Palpation technique used to assess an organ or mass. Also used for detec-
tion of effusion in the knee
Answer: Ballottement
3. Shoulder rotator cuff impingement or tear. Forward flex the patient's arm up
to 150 degrees while depressing the scapula. This presses the greater tuberos-
ity and supraspinatus muscle against the anteroinferior acromion.
Answer: Neer Test
4. Shoulder rotator cuff impingement or tear. Abducting the shoulder to 90
degrees, flexing the elbow to 90 degrees, then rotating internally rotating the
arm to its limit.
Answer: Hawkins Test
5. Median nerve integrity. Tested by striking patient wrist with index finger or
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, middle finger where median nerve passes under the flexor retinaculum and
volar carpal ligament.
Answer: Tinel Sign
6. Median nerve integrity. Patient holds both wrists in a fully palmar-flexed
position with the dorsal surfaces pressed together for 1 minute. Numbness
and paresthesia in the distribution of the median nerve suggestive of carpal
tunnel syndrome.
Answer: Phalen Test
7. Effusion of fluid in the knee. With patients knee extended, milk the medial
aspect of the knee upward two or three times, and then milk the lateral side of
the patella. Observe for a bulge of returning fluid to the hollow area medial to
the patella.
Answer: Bulge sign
8. Anterior and posterior cruciate ligament integrity
Answer: Anterior & Posterior Drawer Test
9. Medial or lateral collateral ligament instability in knee
Answer: Varus-valgus stress test
10. Anterior cruciate ligament integrity
Answer: Lachman test
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Questions with Correct Answers
100% Verified Graded A+
1. Tests for torn meniscus in the knee.
Answer: McMurray Test
2. Palpation technique used to assess an organ or mass. Also used for detec-
tion of effusion in the knee
Answer: Ballottement
3. Shoulder rotator cuff impingement or tear. Forward flex the patient's arm up
to 150 degrees while depressing the scapula. This presses the greater tuberos-
ity and supraspinatus muscle against the anteroinferior acromion.
Answer: Neer Test
4. Shoulder rotator cuff impingement or tear. Abducting the shoulder to 90
degrees, flexing the elbow to 90 degrees, then rotating internally rotating the
arm to its limit.
Answer: Hawkins Test
5. Median nerve integrity. Tested by striking patient wrist with index finger or
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, middle finger where median nerve passes under the flexor retinaculum and
volar carpal ligament.
Answer: Tinel Sign
6. Median nerve integrity. Patient holds both wrists in a fully palmar-flexed
position with the dorsal surfaces pressed together for 1 minute. Numbness
and paresthesia in the distribution of the median nerve suggestive of carpal
tunnel syndrome.
Answer: Phalen Test
7. Effusion of fluid in the knee. With patients knee extended, milk the medial
aspect of the knee upward two or three times, and then milk the lateral side of
the patella. Observe for a bulge of returning fluid to the hollow area medial to
the patella.
Answer: Bulge sign
8. Anterior and posterior cruciate ligament integrity
Answer: Anterior & Posterior Drawer Test
9. Medial or lateral collateral ligament instability in knee
Answer: Varus-valgus stress test
10. Anterior cruciate ligament integrity
Answer: Lachman test
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