NR 304 WEEK 4 MUSCULOSKELETON
TEST EXAM
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A client is being assessed for his range of joint movement. The nurse asks him to move his arm
in toward the Centre of his body. This movement is called:
a. flexion.
b. abduction.
c. adduction.
d. extension.
ANSWER: C
Moving a limb toward the midline of the body is called adduction; abduction is moving a limb
away from the midline of the body.
2. A client tells the nurse that she is having a hard time bringing her hand to her mouth when she
eats or tries to brush her teeth. The nurse knows that for the client to move her hand to her
mouth, she must perform the following movement:
a. flexion.
b. abduction.
c. adduction.
d. extension.
ANSWER: A
Flexion, or bending a limb at a joint, would be required to move her hand to her mouth.
3. The functional units of the musculoskeletal system are the:
a. joints.
b. bones.
c. muscles.
d. tendons.
ANSWER: A
Joints are the functional units of the musculoskeletal system because they permit the mobility
needed for daily living activities.
4. Hematopoiesis takes place in the:
a. liver.
b. spleen.
c. kidneys.
, d. bone marrow.
ANSWER: D
The musculoskeletal system encases and protects inner vital organs, supports the body,
produces red blood cells in the bone marrow, and stores minerals.
5. Fibrous bands running directly from one bone to another that strengthen the joint and help
prevent movement in undesirable directions are called:
a. bursa.
b. tendons.
c. cartilage.
d. ligaments.
ANSWER: D
Fibrous bands running directly from one bone to another that strengthen the joint and help
prevent movement in undesirable directions are called ligaments.
6. The nurse notices that a woman in an exercise class is unable to jump rope. The nurse knows
that to jump rope, one’s shoulder has to be capable of:
a. inversion.
b. supination.
c. protraction.
d. circumduction.
ANSWER: D
Circumduction is defined as moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder.
7. The articulation of the mandible and the temporal bone is known as the:
a. intervertebral foramen.
b. condyle of the mandible.
c. temporomandibular joint.
d. zygomatic arch of the temporal bone.
ANSWER: C
The articulation of the mandible and the temporal bone is the temporomandibular joint.
8. To palpate the temporomandibular joint, the nurse’s fingers should be placed in the
depression: a. distal to the helix of the ear.
b. proximal to the helix of the ear.
c. anterior to the tragus of the ear.
d. posterior to the tragus of the ear.
ANSWER: C
The temporomandibular joint can be felt in the depression anterior to the tragus of the ear.
9. Of the 33 vertebrae in the spinal column, there are:
TEST EXAM
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A client is being assessed for his range of joint movement. The nurse asks him to move his arm
in toward the Centre of his body. This movement is called:
a. flexion.
b. abduction.
c. adduction.
d. extension.
ANSWER: C
Moving a limb toward the midline of the body is called adduction; abduction is moving a limb
away from the midline of the body.
2. A client tells the nurse that she is having a hard time bringing her hand to her mouth when she
eats or tries to brush her teeth. The nurse knows that for the client to move her hand to her
mouth, she must perform the following movement:
a. flexion.
b. abduction.
c. adduction.
d. extension.
ANSWER: A
Flexion, or bending a limb at a joint, would be required to move her hand to her mouth.
3. The functional units of the musculoskeletal system are the:
a. joints.
b. bones.
c. muscles.
d. tendons.
ANSWER: A
Joints are the functional units of the musculoskeletal system because they permit the mobility
needed for daily living activities.
4. Hematopoiesis takes place in the:
a. liver.
b. spleen.
c. kidneys.
, d. bone marrow.
ANSWER: D
The musculoskeletal system encases and protects inner vital organs, supports the body,
produces red blood cells in the bone marrow, and stores minerals.
5. Fibrous bands running directly from one bone to another that strengthen the joint and help
prevent movement in undesirable directions are called:
a. bursa.
b. tendons.
c. cartilage.
d. ligaments.
ANSWER: D
Fibrous bands running directly from one bone to another that strengthen the joint and help
prevent movement in undesirable directions are called ligaments.
6. The nurse notices that a woman in an exercise class is unable to jump rope. The nurse knows
that to jump rope, one’s shoulder has to be capable of:
a. inversion.
b. supination.
c. protraction.
d. circumduction.
ANSWER: D
Circumduction is defined as moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder.
7. The articulation of the mandible and the temporal bone is known as the:
a. intervertebral foramen.
b. condyle of the mandible.
c. temporomandibular joint.
d. zygomatic arch of the temporal bone.
ANSWER: C
The articulation of the mandible and the temporal bone is the temporomandibular joint.
8. To palpate the temporomandibular joint, the nurse’s fingers should be placed in the
depression: a. distal to the helix of the ear.
b. proximal to the helix of the ear.
c. anterior to the tragus of the ear.
d. posterior to the tragus of the ear.
ANSWER: C
The temporomandibular joint can be felt in the depression anterior to the tragus of the ear.
9. Of the 33 vertebrae in the spinal column, there are:
