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Lab Manual Questions - NUR2092 / NUR 2092 (Latest
2025) : Health Assessment - Rasmussen
A patient is being assessed for range-of-joint movement. The
nurse asks him to move his arm in toward the center of his body.
This movement is called:
a. Flexion.
b. Abduction.
c. Adduction.
d. Extension.
.....ANSWER.....c. Adduction.
Moving a limb toward the midline of the body is called
adduction; moving a limb away from the midline of the body is
called abduction. Flexion is bending a limb at a joint; and
extension is straightening a limb at a joint.
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A patient 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 her to move her hand to her mouth, she
must perform which movement?
a. Flexion
b. Abduction
c. Adduction
d. Extension
.....ANSWER.....a. Flexion
Flexion, or bending a limb at a joint, is required to move the
hand to the mouth. Extension is straightening a limb at a joint.
Moving a limb toward the midline of the body is called
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adduction; abduction is moving a limb away from the midline of
the body.
The nurse notices that a woman in an exercise class is unable to
jump rope. The nurse is aware that to jump rope, ones shoulder
has to be capable of:
a. Inversion.
b. Supination.
c. Protraction.
d. Circumduction.
.....ANSWER.....d. Circumduction.
Circumduction is defined as moving the arm in a circle around the
shoulder. The other options are not correct.
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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. Temporomandibular joint.
The articulation of the mandible and the temporal bone is the
temporomandibular joint. The other responses are not correct.
To palpate the temporomandibular joint, the nurses fingers
should be placed in the depression of the ear.
Lab Manual Questions - NUR2092 / NUR 2092 (Latest
2025) : Health Assessment - Rasmussen
A patient is being assessed for range-of-joint movement. The
nurse asks him to move his arm in toward the center of his body.
This movement is called:
a. Flexion.
b. Abduction.
c. Adduction.
d. Extension.
.....ANSWER.....c. Adduction.
Moving a limb toward the midline of the body is called
adduction; moving a limb away from the midline of the body is
called abduction. Flexion is bending a limb at a joint; and
extension is straightening a limb at a joint.
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A patient 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 her to move her hand to her mouth, she
must perform which movement?
a. Flexion
b. Abduction
c. Adduction
d. Extension
.....ANSWER.....a. Flexion
Flexion, or bending a limb at a joint, is required to move the
hand to the mouth. Extension is straightening a limb at a joint.
Moving a limb toward the midline of the body is called
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adduction; abduction is moving a limb away from the midline of
the body.
The nurse notices that a woman in an exercise class is unable to
jump rope. The nurse is aware that to jump rope, ones shoulder
has to be capable of:
a. Inversion.
b. Supination.
c. Protraction.
d. Circumduction.
.....ANSWER.....d. Circumduction.
Circumduction is defined as moving the arm in a circle around the
shoulder. The other options are not correct.
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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. Temporomandibular joint.
The articulation of the mandible and the temporal bone is the
temporomandibular joint. The other responses are not correct.
To palpate the temporomandibular joint, the nurses fingers
should be placed in the depression of the ear.
