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urbanoutfitters

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on: Jun 25, 2018
The nurse is checking the range of motion in a patient's knee and knows that the knee is capable of which movement(s)?
 
  a. Flexion and extension
  b. Supination and pronation
  c. Circumduction
  d. Inversion and eversion

Question 2

During an interview the patient states, I can feel this bump on the top of both of my shouldersit doesn't hurt but I am curious about what it might be. The nurse should tell the patient that it is his:
 
  a. Subacromial bursa.
  b. Acromion process.
  c. Glenohumeral joint.
  d. Greater tubercle of the humerus.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
The knee is a hinge joint, permitting flexion and extension of the lower leg on a single plane. The knee is not capable of the other movements listed.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
The bump of the scapula's acromion process is felt at the very top of the shoulder. The other options are not correct.


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