MUSCULOSKELETAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR A GUARANTEED PASS
Treatment osteoarthritis - ✔✔ maintain activity level
control pain with medication
encourage exercise, join protection, weight control, stress reduction
surgical joint replacement
what are good exercises for people with osteoarthritis of the knee - ✔✔ bicycling & swimming
& walking on level ground.
avoid climbing, bending, stooping, squatting.
Gout - ✔✔ accumulation of uric acid in the blood.
s/s gout - ✔✔ uric crystal deposists in the joints.
assess joint areas for pain, redness, and swelling
treatment for gout - ✔✔ management of underlying disorder.
medications for gout - ✔✔ Colchicine - administered ever 1 or 2 hours until pain subsides, or GI
symtoms develop.
,patient teaching gout - ✔✔ avoid alcohol & food high in purine content, maintain bed rest and
immobility while symptomatic, and check urine and urine output for possible kidney stones. A
bed cradle keeps the linens off the patients feet, promoting comfort.
basic functions of the skeletal system - ✔✔ support, protect, movement, mineral storage, and
hematopoiesis
flexion - ✔✔ a movement allowed by certain joints of the skeleton that decreases the angle
between two adjoining bones.
Example : bending the arm at the elbow decreases the angle between the humerus and ulna
Extension - ✔✔ a movement allowed by certain joints of the skeleton that increases the angle
between the adjoining bones.
Example : extending the leg increases the angle between the femur and the tibia.
abduction - ✔✔ a movement of an extremity away from the midline of the body.
adduction - ✔✔ a movement of an extremity towards the axis of the body.
rotation - ✔✔ a movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis.
supination - ✔✔ a movement of the hand and forearm that causes the palm to face upward or
forward.
, pronation - ✔✔ a movement of the hand and forearm that causes the palm to face downward or
backward
dorsilflexion - ✔✔ a movement that causes the top of the foot to elevate or tilt upward
plantar flexion - ✔✔ a movement that causes the bottom of the foot to be directed downward
osteoporosis - ✔✔ disorders that result in a loss of bone density
collection of objective data for osteoporosis - ✔✔ assessing the patient for spinal deformities and
height loss, including lordosis and scoliosis. and or kyphosis
Bone mineral density measurements indicating osteopenia - ✔✔ should show a BMD between 1
and 2.5 standard deviations below the average of young female adults.
By contrast, a BMD that is 3 deviations below the young female adult average would be more
indicative of osteoporosis, not osteopenia
The healthcare provider would also expect blood tests with osteopenia - ✔✔ tests to reveal
deficiencies in serum calcium and vitamin D, among other conditions.
osteomyelitis - ✔✔ local or generalized infection of bone and bone marrow
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR A GUARANTEED PASS
Treatment osteoarthritis - ✔✔ maintain activity level
control pain with medication
encourage exercise, join protection, weight control, stress reduction
surgical joint replacement
what are good exercises for people with osteoarthritis of the knee - ✔✔ bicycling & swimming
& walking on level ground.
avoid climbing, bending, stooping, squatting.
Gout - ✔✔ accumulation of uric acid in the blood.
s/s gout - ✔✔ uric crystal deposists in the joints.
assess joint areas for pain, redness, and swelling
treatment for gout - ✔✔ management of underlying disorder.
medications for gout - ✔✔ Colchicine - administered ever 1 or 2 hours until pain subsides, or GI
symtoms develop.
,patient teaching gout - ✔✔ avoid alcohol & food high in purine content, maintain bed rest and
immobility while symptomatic, and check urine and urine output for possible kidney stones. A
bed cradle keeps the linens off the patients feet, promoting comfort.
basic functions of the skeletal system - ✔✔ support, protect, movement, mineral storage, and
hematopoiesis
flexion - ✔✔ a movement allowed by certain joints of the skeleton that decreases the angle
between two adjoining bones.
Example : bending the arm at the elbow decreases the angle between the humerus and ulna
Extension - ✔✔ a movement allowed by certain joints of the skeleton that increases the angle
between the adjoining bones.
Example : extending the leg increases the angle between the femur and the tibia.
abduction - ✔✔ a movement of an extremity away from the midline of the body.
adduction - ✔✔ a movement of an extremity towards the axis of the body.
rotation - ✔✔ a movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis.
supination - ✔✔ a movement of the hand and forearm that causes the palm to face upward or
forward.
, pronation - ✔✔ a movement of the hand and forearm that causes the palm to face downward or
backward
dorsilflexion - ✔✔ a movement that causes the top of the foot to elevate or tilt upward
plantar flexion - ✔✔ a movement that causes the bottom of the foot to be directed downward
osteoporosis - ✔✔ disorders that result in a loss of bone density
collection of objective data for osteoporosis - ✔✔ assessing the patient for spinal deformities and
height loss, including lordosis and scoliosis. and or kyphosis
Bone mineral density measurements indicating osteopenia - ✔✔ should show a BMD between 1
and 2.5 standard deviations below the average of young female adults.
By contrast, a BMD that is 3 deviations below the young female adult average would be more
indicative of osteoporosis, not osteopenia
The healthcare provider would also expect blood tests with osteopenia - ✔✔ tests to reveal
deficiencies in serum calcium and vitamin D, among other conditions.
osteomyelitis - ✔✔ local or generalized infection of bone and bone marrow
