NURS-535 Musculoskeletal Exam 2026 Questions and Answers

NURS-535 Musculoskeletal Exam 2026
Questions and Answers

Which of the following disorders is usually associated with adduction of the

forefoot?

a. internal femoral torsion

b. idiopathic congenital talipes equinovarus

c. genu Valgum

d. internal tibial torsion - Correct answer-b. idiopathic congenital talipes

equinovarus

Idiopathic congenital talipes equinovarus AKA clubfoot is a congenital birth

disorder in which the forefoot is in an adducted supination, the hind foot is

inverted, & the foot remains in plantar flexion.

The most common rheumatoid disease of childhood is:

a. SLE

b. Kawasaki disease


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, c. JIA (juvenile idiopathic arthritis)

d. LCPD (Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease) - Correct answer-c. JIA (juvenile idiopathic

arthritis)

JIA is the most common rheumatologic disease with an autoimmune basis and

represents a group of conditions with onset of Sxs in children at or younger than 16

years that causes chronic inflammation of at least one synovial joint for 6 wks or

more.

Radiographic findings of disease progression and sphericity of the femoral head

are helpful in the diagnosis and follow up of:

a. Transient synovitis of the hip

b. Osgood Schlatter disease

c. LCPD

d. SCFE (Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis) - Correct answer-c. LCPD

LCPD from an infarction of the bony epiphysis of the femoral head & often

presents as avascular necrosis of the femoral head.

Radiographs depict stages of progression & remodeling & are important in Dx and

management.



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