Health Assessment 2 (NR 304) Exam 2 Study Guide || A+ Certified.
Abduction correct answers Movement of a limb going away from the midline or median plane of
the body along the frontal plane. Also used to describe movement of fingers and toes when
spreading apart.
Adduction correct answers Movement of a limb going toward the midline of the body. Also used
to describe movement of the fingers and toes coming together
Allis sign correct answers Used to detect unequal leg length. The nurse is positioned at infant's
feet while infant is supine. The nurse flexes the infants knees keeping the femurs aligned and
compares the height of the knees.
Atrophy correct answers Translucent, dry, paper like, sometimes wrinkled skin surface resulting
from thinning or wasting of the skin due to loss of collagen and elastin.
Barlow's sign correct answers The presence of a click or clunk when the hips are manually
externally rotated with the knee flexed
Bursae correct answers Small synovial fluid filled sacs. Some ligaments are protected from
friction by these
Calcaneus correct answers Heel bone inferior to the talus, stablized by a set of taut ligaments that
are anchors from bony prominences at the distal ends of the tibia and fibula
Circumduction correct answers Movement at which a limb describes a cone in space, while the
distal end of the limb moves in a circle where the joint itself moves only slightly in the joint
cavity.
Crepitation correct answers Crunching feeling under the skin caused by air leaking into
subcutaneous tissue
, Dorsiflexion correct answers Flexion of the ankle so that the superior aspect of the foot
approaches the shin.
Eversion correct answers Sole of foot faces laterally
Extension correct answers Increases the angle between the articulating bones
Flaccid correct answers Lacking firmness and muscle tone
Fracture correct answers A partial or complete break in the continuity of the bone from trauma
Genu Valgum correct answers Bowlegs. Before learning to walk, infants tend to exhibit this.
Genu Varum correct answers Knock knees. By age 4, most children tend to exhibit this.
Hyperextension correct answers Bending of a joint beyond 180 degrees
Inversion correct answers Sole of the foot turns medially.
Opposition correct answers The thumb is only allowed at the saddle joint between metacarpal 1
and the carpels. It is the movement of touching the thumb to the tips of the other fingers of the
same hand.
Ottolani's sign correct answers Presence of a click or clunk when the hips are flexed
Pronation correct answers Movements of the radius around the ulna. The palm moves to face
posteriorly or inferiorly
Abduction correct answers Movement of a limb going away from the midline or median plane of
the body along the frontal plane. Also used to describe movement of fingers and toes when
spreading apart.
Adduction correct answers Movement of a limb going toward the midline of the body. Also used
to describe movement of the fingers and toes coming together
Allis sign correct answers Used to detect unequal leg length. The nurse is positioned at infant's
feet while infant is supine. The nurse flexes the infants knees keeping the femurs aligned and
compares the height of the knees.
Atrophy correct answers Translucent, dry, paper like, sometimes wrinkled skin surface resulting
from thinning or wasting of the skin due to loss of collagen and elastin.
Barlow's sign correct answers The presence of a click or clunk when the hips are manually
externally rotated with the knee flexed
Bursae correct answers Small synovial fluid filled sacs. Some ligaments are protected from
friction by these
Calcaneus correct answers Heel bone inferior to the talus, stablized by a set of taut ligaments that
are anchors from bony prominences at the distal ends of the tibia and fibula
Circumduction correct answers Movement at which a limb describes a cone in space, while the
distal end of the limb moves in a circle where the joint itself moves only slightly in the joint
cavity.
Crepitation correct answers Crunching feeling under the skin caused by air leaking into
subcutaneous tissue
, Dorsiflexion correct answers Flexion of the ankle so that the superior aspect of the foot
approaches the shin.
Eversion correct answers Sole of foot faces laterally
Extension correct answers Increases the angle between the articulating bones
Flaccid correct answers Lacking firmness and muscle tone
Fracture correct answers A partial or complete break in the continuity of the bone from trauma
Genu Valgum correct answers Bowlegs. Before learning to walk, infants tend to exhibit this.
Genu Varum correct answers Knock knees. By age 4, most children tend to exhibit this.
Hyperextension correct answers Bending of a joint beyond 180 degrees
Inversion correct answers Sole of the foot turns medially.
Opposition correct answers The thumb is only allowed at the saddle joint between metacarpal 1
and the carpels. It is the movement of touching the thumb to the tips of the other fingers of the
same hand.
Ottolani's sign correct answers Presence of a click or clunk when the hips are flexed
Pronation correct answers Movements of the radius around the ulna. The palm moves to face
posteriorly or inferiorly
