NUR 505 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
arthritis, infection, or ligamentous injury - ANSWER: Localized discomfort on
examination of the ankle joint
Answer: Bone spurs are bony protrusions on the calcaneus that can produce
numbness, discomfort, or pain.
ANSWER: localised heel discomfort on probing of the plantar fascia.
Rheumatoid arthritis - ANSWER: complaints of pain in the joints of the hands
followed by stiffness, especially in the morning with tenderness and warmth to
the touch.
Baker's cyst - ANSWER is caused by distention of the gastrocnemius
semimembranous bursa due to arthritis or trauma.
Osteopenia is a bone condition that is slightly less dense than osteoporosis.
Gelling - Answer Following inactivity, a joint becomes stiff and has limited
motion. Typically observed in degenerative joint conditions.
Diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis (DISH) is an inflammatory polyarthritic
syndrome that causes back stiffness and affects men over the age of fifty.
Synovitis is characterized by palpable bogginess or droughiness in the soft
tissue surrounding a joint.
Finkelstein's test - The NP would assess thumb movement by directing the
patient to place his thumb in the palm and then move the wrist toward the
midline in ulnar deviation.
, Tinel's test - ANSWER measures medial nerve compression. The examiner
would touch lightly on the median nerve of the carpal tunnel.
Thenar atrophy - Answer Suggests a median nerve disease, such as carpal
tunnel. Evidenced by muscular atrophy in the palm of the hand.
Dupuytren's contracture is a thickened nodule overlaying a flexor tendon of the
finger, particularly near the distal palmar crease.
ANSWER: Subacromial bursitis Tenderness was observed immediately below
the apex of the acromion, with pain in abduction and rotation and loss of
smooth mobility.
Murray Test - ANSWER Place the patient in a dorsal decubitus position and
gradually extend the knee while maintaining varying tension and external
rotation; a snap is palpated on the medial side if affirmative.
Subluxation - ANSWER Tenderness at C1-2 in a RA patient indicates
significant CSP compression. Emergency therapy is required.
Genu Varum - Answer: bow-leggedness
Talipes equinovarus - Answer: clubfoot
Tibial torsion – Toeing inward or outward of the feet.
Median nerve - the nerve that supplies feeling to the palm and palmar surface of
most of the thumb, second and third fingers, and part of the fourth digit.
ANSWER for medial meniscus (Mcmurray test) Passive flexion, valgus
tension, and internal rotation of the lower leg assess the
ANSWER: Osteoporosis is a reduction in density that leads to weak bones.
Rheumatoid arthritis - ANSWER An erythematous to salmon-colored rash on
the torso and vasculitis in the extremities may be symptomatic of
AND ANSWERS
arthritis, infection, or ligamentous injury - ANSWER: Localized discomfort on
examination of the ankle joint
Answer: Bone spurs are bony protrusions on the calcaneus that can produce
numbness, discomfort, or pain.
ANSWER: localised heel discomfort on probing of the plantar fascia.
Rheumatoid arthritis - ANSWER: complaints of pain in the joints of the hands
followed by stiffness, especially in the morning with tenderness and warmth to
the touch.
Baker's cyst - ANSWER is caused by distention of the gastrocnemius
semimembranous bursa due to arthritis or trauma.
Osteopenia is a bone condition that is slightly less dense than osteoporosis.
Gelling - Answer Following inactivity, a joint becomes stiff and has limited
motion. Typically observed in degenerative joint conditions.
Diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis (DISH) is an inflammatory polyarthritic
syndrome that causes back stiffness and affects men over the age of fifty.
Synovitis is characterized by palpable bogginess or droughiness in the soft
tissue surrounding a joint.
Finkelstein's test - The NP would assess thumb movement by directing the
patient to place his thumb in the palm and then move the wrist toward the
midline in ulnar deviation.
, Tinel's test - ANSWER measures medial nerve compression. The examiner
would touch lightly on the median nerve of the carpal tunnel.
Thenar atrophy - Answer Suggests a median nerve disease, such as carpal
tunnel. Evidenced by muscular atrophy in the palm of the hand.
Dupuytren's contracture is a thickened nodule overlaying a flexor tendon of the
finger, particularly near the distal palmar crease.
ANSWER: Subacromial bursitis Tenderness was observed immediately below
the apex of the acromion, with pain in abduction and rotation and loss of
smooth mobility.
Murray Test - ANSWER Place the patient in a dorsal decubitus position and
gradually extend the knee while maintaining varying tension and external
rotation; a snap is palpated on the medial side if affirmative.
Subluxation - ANSWER Tenderness at C1-2 in a RA patient indicates
significant CSP compression. Emergency therapy is required.
Genu Varum - Answer: bow-leggedness
Talipes equinovarus - Answer: clubfoot
Tibial torsion – Toeing inward or outward of the feet.
Median nerve - the nerve that supplies feeling to the palm and palmar surface of
most of the thumb, second and third fingers, and part of the fourth digit.
ANSWER for medial meniscus (Mcmurray test) Passive flexion, valgus
tension, and internal rotation of the lower leg assess the
ANSWER: Osteoporosis is a reduction in density that leads to weak bones.
Rheumatoid arthritis - ANSWER An erythematous to salmon-colored rash on
the torso and vasculitis in the extremities may be symptomatic of
