PDR 2ND BMEX Flashcards
This group of muscle found in the elbow is responsible for extension:
a. Pronator teres
b. Brachioradialis
c. Biceps
d. Triceps
d. Triceps
This condition refers to an excessive or thickened stratum corneum often but not always scaly.
a. Hyperkeratosis
b. Horn
c. Thick scaling
d. Lichenification
a. Hyperkeratosis
This skin lesion is formed when multiple furuncles coalesced.
a. Abscess
b. Big pus
c. Carbuncle
d. Folliculitis
c. Carbuncle
What is the most active joint in the human body?
a. Temporomandibular joint
b. Knee joint
c. Wrist joint
d. Elbow joint
a. Temporomandibular joint
This skin abnormality will produce accentuated skin markings and may resemble a bark of the tree.
a. Lichen planus
b. Horn
c. Hyperkeratosis
d. Lichen simplex chronicus
d. Lichen simplex chronicus
Which of these tests assesses the shoulder range of motion?
a. Empty can test
b. Hawkin’s test
c. Neer’s sign
d. Apley scratch test
d. Apley scratch test
Identify the type of joint in which the bones are almost in direct contact with each other, which allows no appreciable movement.
a. Synovial joints
b. Cartilaginous joints
c. Fibrous joints
d. Spheroidal joints
c. Fibrous joints
This is a configuration that is formed due to incomplete formation of an annular lesion.
a. Serpinginous
b. Arcuate
c. Whorled
d. Circular
b. Arcuate
The turbid yellowish-green crust is formed due to
a. Purulent secretion
b. Hemorrhagic secretion
c. Hardening of calcium deposits
d. Dried serous secretion
a. Purulent secretion
How is the patient best instructed if the examiner wants the patient to do an external rotation of the shoulder?
a. “Raise your arms behind you.”
b. “Raise your arms out to the side and overhead.”
c. “Place one hand behind your back as if brushing your hair.”
d. “Cross your arms in front of you.
c. “Place one hand behind your back as if brushing your hair.”
Which of the following statements is True about Osteoporosis?
a. Osteoporosis typically arises from bone growth during aging.
b. Osteoporosis is a T score less than -2.5
c. Postmenopausal women have a lower risk of developing osteoporosis.
d. a low body weight (less than 70 kg) reduces the risk of developing osteoporosis.
b. Osteoporosis is a T score less than -2.5
Which of these statements is true of Ballottement test?
a. Increased motion upon patellar oscillation denotes
intra-articular knee swelling.
b. Pressure is exerted along the medial and lateral collateral ligaments.
c. It tests the strength of the knees.
d. Orthopnea
a. Increased motion upon patellar oscillation denotes
intra-articular knee swelling.
Which statement is true of angioedema?
a. Always painful
b. Occur in thicker tissue
c. Pruritic
d. Deeper edematous reaction
d. Deeper edematous reaction
Which of the following describes erosions of the skin?
a. No infection
b. Does not bleed
c. Always very painful
d. Do not scar
d. Do not scar
Identify the skin lesion described as elevated, circumscribed, more than 2 cm in diameter, involves the dermis and may extend to the subcutis layer. Its greatest mass may be beneath the skin surface.
a. Pustule
b. Bulla
c. Vesicle
d. Nodule
d. Nodule
Which is a classic example of erythroderma?
a. Sezary syndrome
b. Lichen planus
c. Psoriasis
d. Toxic epidermal necrolysis
a. Sezary syndrome
Identify the type of joint in which the bones do not touch each other, and the joint articulations are freely movable.
a. Spheroidal joints
b. Fibrous joints
c. Synovial joints
d. Cartilaginous joints
c. Synovial joints
Which of these lesions is described as evanescent?
a. Wheal
b. Papule
c. Patch
d. Plaque
a. Wheal
Papules surmounted with scale is a
a. Papulosquamous lesion
b. Scaly plaque
c. Silvery scale
d. Big papule
a. Papulosquamous lesion
Which of the following statements is true of a pustule?
a. It is always a raised lesion containing bacteria.
b. Purulent exudate may contain multiple eosinophils.
c. The purulent exudate is hemorrhagic.
d. The purulent exudate may contain acellular debris.
d. The purulent exudate may contain acellular debris.
The horn is usually involved in this layer.
a. Papillary
b. Subcutaneous fat
c. Reticular
d. Epidermis
d. Epidermis
Spheroidal joints are capable of which type of movement?
a. Eversion
b. Circumduction
c. Motion in one plane
d. Internal rotation
b. Circumduction
Which is an example of a cartilaginous joint?
a. Vertebral bodies of spine
b. Knee
c. Skull suture
d. Shoulder
a. Vertebral bodies of spine
Which of the following is true of abscesses?
a. It is composed of multiple folliculitis.
b. The pus is usually not visible on the surface of the skin.
c. It is occasionally tender.
d. It will always produce fever.
b. The pus is usually not visible on the surface of the skin.