Chapter 51: Alterations in Musculoskeletal Function: Trauma, Infection, and Disease

Chapter 51: Alterations in Musculoskeletal Function: Trauma, Infection, and Disease

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Complete healing of a bone fracture occurs when
a. no movement of the break is detectable.
b. the callus has been completely replaced with mature bone.
c. the fracture site and surrounding soft tissue are pain free.
d. a cast is no longer required to stabilize the break.
ANS: B
Complete healing of a bone fracture occurs when the callus has been completely replaced with mature bone. A lack of detectable
movement of the break does not indicate that the fracture is healed. Even when a bone fracture is healed, pain at the fracture site and
surrounding soft tissue may be present. The patient may progress from a cast to a splint, sling, or brace as the bone fracture
continues to heal.
REF: Pg. 1028
2. Rickets is characterized by soft, weak bones resulting from a deficiency of
a. calcium.
b. estrogen.
c. phosphate.
d. vitamin D.
ANS: D
Rickets is characterized by soft, weak bones resulting from vitamin D deficiency. Rickets is not caused by poor calcium intake or
phosphate deficiency. Estrogen deficiency is related to osteoporosis, not rickets.
REF: Pg. 1034
3. In older women, osteoporosis is thought to be primarily due to
a. dietary inadequacies.
b. estrogen deficiency.
c. malabsorption syndrome.
d. inactivity.
ANS: B
In older women, osteoporosis is thought to be primarily due to estrogen deficiency. Although dietary inadequacies and inactivity
play roles, the primary cause of osteoporosis in older women is thought to be due to estrogen deficiency. Malabsorption is not the
primary cause of osteoporosis in older women.
REF: Pg. 1032
4. Pain with passive stretching of a muscle is indicative of
a. noncontractile tissue injury.
b. contractile tissue injury.
c. vascular insufficiency.
d. skeletal muscle damage.
ANS: A
Pain with passive stretching of a muscle is indicative of noncontractile tissue injury. Pain with passive stretching of a muscle is not
an indication of a contractile tissue injury, vascular insufficiency, or skeletal muscle damage.
REF: Pg. 1020
5. Muscular dystrophy includes a number of muscle disorders that are
a. genetically transmitted.
b. easily prevented and managed.
c. autoimmune in nature.
d. demyelinating focused.
ANS: A
Muscular dystrophy includes a number of muscle disorders that are genetically transmitted. Muscular dystrophy is not easily
prevented or managed. It is not an autoimmune disease or a demyelinating disease.