OEC Chapter 20 Test questions well
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Which of the following terms describes a type of bone except? - correct answer ✔✔A.
Long
B.
Flat
C.
Irregular
D.
Short
(Answer D is Correct)
Which of the following statements would you make to the parent of a 10-year-old snowboarder who
took a hard fall and complains of some discomfort in a wrist that is slightly swollen but has no deformity?
- correct answer ✔✔"The child needs to be medically evaluated to ensure there is not a fracture."
A patient has stretched and torn the medial malleolar ligament. This means the patient has: - correct
answer ✔✔Sprained her ankle.
The finding that upon muscle contraction the active motion of a joint is reduced or lost suggests: -
correct answer ✔✔A ruptured tendon
Which of the following statements would you make to the parent of a 10-year-old snowboarder who
took a hard fall and complains of some discomfort in a wrist that is slightly swollen but has no deformity?
- correct answer ✔✔"It could be a nondisplaced fracture and needs to be medically evaluated."
Your secondary assessment of a patient who is complaining of pain in his right leg reveals an opening in
the skin where the fractured tibia broke through the skin and retreated back into the leg. You would
recognize this injury as a (n): - correct answer ✔✔Open fracture
, Joints provide different degrees of movement. There are five different types of joints. An example of a
"pivot" joints is the: - correct answer ✔✔Radioulnar joint of the elbow.
Because of the abundant blood vessels and nerves in the elbow, an injury to a child's elbow should be
splinted in: - correct answer ✔✔the position found.
The finding that upon muscle contraction the active motion of a joint is reduced or completely lost
suggests: - correct answer ✔✔a ruptured tendon.
A patient for whom you recently provided care stops by to thank you. He reports that he was diagnosed
with a strain to his lower right leg. Which of the following structures is the primary structure affected in
that injury? - correct answer ✔✔A muscle
A snowboarder's fall over the toe side of the board onto an outstretched hand is known as the: - correct
answer ✔✔"Mousetrap"
Skeletal and smooth refer to what? - correct answer ✔✔Muscles
A vacuum splint works because: - correct answer ✔✔the splint becomes rigid when air is sucked out of
it.
A snowboarder's fall over the toe side of the board onto an outstretched hand is known as the: - correct
answer ✔✔"mousetrap."
You are evaluating a new OEC instructor who is teaching a class on displaced humerus fractures. Which
of the following statements by the instructor would require your correction? - correct answer ✔✔"The
fracture should be reduced to achieve better pain control and packaging."
Which of the following terms does not describe a type of bone? - correct answer ✔✔A.
Short
(answer A is correct)
answered already passed
Which of the following terms describes a type of bone except? - correct answer ✔✔A.
Long
B.
Flat
C.
Irregular
D.
Short
(Answer D is Correct)
Which of the following statements would you make to the parent of a 10-year-old snowboarder who
took a hard fall and complains of some discomfort in a wrist that is slightly swollen but has no deformity?
- correct answer ✔✔"The child needs to be medically evaluated to ensure there is not a fracture."
A patient has stretched and torn the medial malleolar ligament. This means the patient has: - correct
answer ✔✔Sprained her ankle.
The finding that upon muscle contraction the active motion of a joint is reduced or lost suggests: -
correct answer ✔✔A ruptured tendon
Which of the following statements would you make to the parent of a 10-year-old snowboarder who
took a hard fall and complains of some discomfort in a wrist that is slightly swollen but has no deformity?
- correct answer ✔✔"It could be a nondisplaced fracture and needs to be medically evaluated."
Your secondary assessment of a patient who is complaining of pain in his right leg reveals an opening in
the skin where the fractured tibia broke through the skin and retreated back into the leg. You would
recognize this injury as a (n): - correct answer ✔✔Open fracture
, Joints provide different degrees of movement. There are five different types of joints. An example of a
"pivot" joints is the: - correct answer ✔✔Radioulnar joint of the elbow.
Because of the abundant blood vessels and nerves in the elbow, an injury to a child's elbow should be
splinted in: - correct answer ✔✔the position found.
The finding that upon muscle contraction the active motion of a joint is reduced or completely lost
suggests: - correct answer ✔✔a ruptured tendon.
A patient for whom you recently provided care stops by to thank you. He reports that he was diagnosed
with a strain to his lower right leg. Which of the following structures is the primary structure affected in
that injury? - correct answer ✔✔A muscle
A snowboarder's fall over the toe side of the board onto an outstretched hand is known as the: - correct
answer ✔✔"Mousetrap"
Skeletal and smooth refer to what? - correct answer ✔✔Muscles
A vacuum splint works because: - correct answer ✔✔the splint becomes rigid when air is sucked out of
it.
A snowboarder's fall over the toe side of the board onto an outstretched hand is known as the: - correct
answer ✔✔"mousetrap."
You are evaluating a new OEC instructor who is teaching a class on displaced humerus fractures. Which
of the following statements by the instructor would require your correction? - correct answer ✔✔"The
fracture should be reduced to achieve better pain control and packaging."
Which of the following terms does not describe a type of bone? - correct answer ✔✔A.
Short
(answer A is correct)
