NUR 3121 (Health Assessment) Week 2 Practice Questions and Answers
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NUR 2024/2025
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NUR 2024/2025
NUR 3121 (Health Assessment) Week 2
Practice Questions and Answers
What is the skull? - Ans:-- A rigid box that protects brain
- It includes bones of cranium and face
- It is supported by cervical vertebra
Cranial Bones - Ans:-- Frontal
- Parietal
- Occipital
- Temporal
Sutures - Ans:-- Th...
Sternomastoid Muscle - Ans:✔✔-arises from the sternum and the clavicle and extends diagonally across
the neck to the mastoid process behind the ear
Major Neck Muscles - Ans:✔✔-Sternomastoid and trapezius are innervated by cranial nerve XI
Sternomastoid enables - Ans:✔✔-- Head rotation and flexion
- Divides each side of neck into two triangles: anterior and posterior triangles
Two trapezius muscles do what? - Ans:✔✔-move shoulders and extend and turn head
Where is the thyroid gland? - Ans:✔✔-- Straddles trachea in middle of the neck
The thyroid gland synthesizes and secretes: - Ans:✔✔-- Thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), which
are hormones that stimulate the rate of cellular metabolism
The thyroid gland has two lobes: - Ans:✔✔-- Both conical in shape, each curving posteriorly between the
trachea and the sternomastoid muscle
- The lobes are connected by a thin isthmus
Thyroid cartilage - Ans:✔✔-- Has a small, palpable V in upper edge ("Adam's apple" in males)
Cricoid cartilage - Ans:✔✔-- AKA upper tracheal ring
- Beneath the thyroid cartilage
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