Meyer 2 Flashcards
You are evaluating a 26 year-old male patient status post arthroscopic surgery. The physician requests that you may evaluate the muscles that insert into the pes anserinus. You may have the patients flex the knee medially rotate the leg while the knee is flexed. Of the muscles listed below, which are you not evaluating?
A. Gracilis
B. Sartorius
C. Semimembranosus
D. Semitendinosus
C. Semimembranosus
The patient who has a lesion of the inferior gluteal nerve is referred to the clinic. Which of the following motions would most likely be affected to the greatest extent secondary to an inferior gluteal nerve lesion?
A. Hip abduction
B. Hip adduction
C. Hip flexion
D. Hip extension
D. Hip extension
You are treating a patient secondary to a foot injury. The patient reports that his podiatrist thought the spring ligament was injured as a result of his fall. Which of the following best describes the spring ligament of foot?
A. It is also called the plantar calcaneocuboid ligament
B. It is called the short plantar ligament
C. It helps to maintain the medial arch of the foot by supporting the head of the talus.
D. The spring ligament is not highly elastic
C. It helps to maintain the medial arch of the foot by supporting the head of the talus.
The physician has sent a patient to the clinic for a brace that will assist in controlling knee rotation and adduction. Which of the following ligaments was not likely injured?
A. Anterior cruciate ligament
B. Posterior cruciate ligament
C. Medial collateral ligament
D. Lateral collateral ligament
D. Lateral collateral ligament
Bursae may be found in most locations within the body. In which of the following anatomical areas would the bursae most likely not be found?
A. Subtendinous
B. Intramuscular
C. Subcutaneous
D. Subfascial
B. Intramuscular
When performing ultrasound on a patient, it is important to be aware of the contraindications for its utilization. One contraindication is performing ultrasound over the epiphyseal or growth plate of a child. Which of the following statements is not true concerning the growth plate?
A. It serves as a site of progressive lengthening that is needed in the long bones
B. It lies between the epiphysis and diaphysis as a transverse disc
C. It is formed of cartilage
D. It is found in all bones
D. It is found in all bones
In a class on clinical pathology, the professor asks you what lupus erythematosus; scleroderma and dermatomycosis have in common. They can best be grouped together as which of the following?
A. Acute infection
B. Acute bacterial diseases
C. Collagen vascular diseases
D. Circulatory disorder
C. Collagen vascular diseases
In clinical pathology class, the professor describes a pathological disease that involves the arteries and veins of the lower extremity. The symptoms are inflammation, venous thrombosis, and ischemia of the feet. Which of the following diseases is being described by the professor?
A. Raynaud’s disease
B. Thromboangiitis obliterans
C. Thrombophlebitis
D. Pitting edema
B. Thromboangiitis obliterans
You are in a cardiology class studying the difference between cardiac muscle versus skeletal muscle. It is known that the cardiac muscle is physiologically different from skeletal muscle. Which of the following statement best describe this?
A. It has no bony attachment
B. The actin and myosin filaments produce a different type of striation
C. It does not develop a length-tension relationship
D. It divides into atrial and ventricular portions.
D. It divides into atrial and ventricular portions.
You are treating a patient who is complaining of right shoulder pain. The patient has been diagnosed with frozen shoulder. Which of the following would describe the capsular pattern of the glenohumeral joint?
A. External rotation, abduction, internal rotation
B. External rotation, internal rotation, abduction
C. Internal rotation, abduction, external rotation
D. Abduction, external rotation, internal rotation
A. External rotation, abduction, internal rotation
A patient is sent to physical therapy secondary to a lower extremity injury. Reading the patient’s past medical history, you note that the superficial peroneal nerve has been severed. Which of the following muscles would be emphasized in your treatment program?
A. Tibialis anterior
B. Peroneus tertius
C. Peroneus brevis
D. Extensor hallucis longus
C. Peroneus brevis
While studying cardiology you are learning about cardiac output. Cardiac output refers to the amount of blood pumped by the heart in a specific time period. Which of the following best describes cardiac output?
A. Blood pumped by the heart in a 24 hour period
B. Blood pumped by the heart in 1 hour
C. Blood pumped by the heart during a 60 second period
D. Blood pumped by the heart during an 8-hour period.
C. Blood pumped by the heart during a 60 second period
You are working with a patient who has small stroke volume and pulse pressure. Which of the following lesions does the patient most likely have?
A. Arterial sclerotic disease
B. Mitral stenosis
C. Congestive heart failure
D. Myocardial infarction
B. Mitral stenosis
Which of the following is the most common cause of CVA (cerebrovascular accident) in older adults?
A. Aneurysm
B. Hemorrhaging
C. High blood pressure
D. Thrombosis
D. Thrombosis
Which of the following is the most frequent location for a myocardial infarction to occur?
A. Left atrium
B. Left ventricle
C. Right atrium
D. Right ventricle
B. Left ventricle
Which of the following actions of the drug digitalis is common in a patient with chronic congestive heart failure?
A. A decrease in heart rate
B. An increase in heart rate
C. A decrease in the strength of the contraction
D. No effect on heart rate
A. A decrease in heart rate
You are physical therapist at the site of the football game as a medical staff member. You watch one of the players fall from blow to the head and determined by a field evaluation that he has suffered a concussion. Which of the following best defined as a concussion?
A. Any severe blow to the head
B. A fracture of the skull
C. Swelling of the brain as a result of trauma
D. A temporary state of the paralysis of the nervous function, including loss of consciousness
D. A temporary state of the paralysis of the nervous function, including loss of consciousness
Rheumatoid arthritis can cause many symptoms in its later stages. Which of the following symptoms would most likely be common in patients who has had rheumatoid arthritis for a long period of time?
A. Radial deviation of the finger
B. Enlargement of the Heberden’s nodes
C. Ulnar deviation of the finger
D. Increase muscle strength
C. Ulnar deviation of the finger
You are studying the various types of arthritis, especially rheumatoid arthritis versus osteoarthritis. Which of the following would best describe the etiology of osteoarthritis?
A. Trauma to a joint recently
B. Under weight
C. Degeneration caused by aging
D. Recent injury to the joint.
C. Degeneration caused by aging
You are in physiology class studying tissue excitation. In regard to the strength/duration curve, which of the following is not a true statement?
A. It may be considered valuable in testing for nerve degeneration
B. It may be considered valuable in testing for nerve regeneration
C. It shows the relationship of a current intensity to the duration of the reaching expectation threshold
D. It exhibits development and fatigue during a prolonged stimulation
D. It exhibits development and fatigue during a prolonged stimulation
Which of the following definitions best describes the anatomical dead space?
A. The portion of the pulmonary tree that is inelastic and does not change size with inspiration or expiration
B. An area occupied in the airways that does not permit gas exchange
C. The pulmonary air with the least blood supply
D. The portion of the pulmonary tree that is not supplied with sensory nerves
B. An area occupied in the airways that does not permit gas exchange
In a class on physiology of exercise, you are studying the energy needed for muscle contractions. Which of the following statements is false in regard to energy for muscle contractions?
A. Energy is produced during aerobic metabolism
B. Energy is produced during anaerobic metabolism
C. Energy may be stored as a creatine phosphate
D. Energy is derived from ATP (adenosine triphosphate)
C. Energy may be stored as a creatine phosphate
You are studying diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus in your clinical pathology course. Which of the following statement is not true about diabetes mellitus, but best describes diabetes insipidus?
A. Is a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism
B. It results from insulin deficiency
C. It is associated with the pancreas
D. It is associated with the pituitary gland
D. It is associated with the pituitary gland
Which of the following gestational timeframes is the most susceptible for injury to the fetal cardiovascular system? It is during this timeframe that the fetal cardiovascular system produces most congenital defects.
A. Third month
B. Sixth month
C. Between the 21st and 40th days
D. Conception and the 20th day
C. Between the 21st and 40th days