Author Question: Which of the following individuals demonstrates a health problem with his or her axial skeleton? ... (Read 61 times)

nelaaney · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

Which of the following individuals demonstrates a health problem with his or her axial skeleton?

A)
A 21-year-old male who fractured his humerus while snowboarding.
B)
A 40-year-old man who has a contusion to the left temporal bone of his skull following a motor vehicle accident.
C)
A 79-year-old female who has undergone hemiarthroplasty (hip replacement surgery).
D)
A 30-year-old pregnant woman who has a separated pubic symphysis.

Question 2

A woman has gone to her gynecologist complaining of pain during intercourse. The physician orders a maturation index on her vaginal scrapings. The results return an index of 75-25-0.

The nurse can interpret this to mean
A)
she is in the beginning of cervical cancer.
B)
she is in the prime of her reproductive years.
C)
she is in a perimenopausal phase.
D)
she is experiencing postmenopausal vaginal dryness.

soda0602 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans:
B

Feedback:

The skull is considered to be a part of the axial skeleton, while the arm, hips, and pelvis are components of the appendicular skeleton.

Answer to Question 2

Ans:
D

Feedback:

The vaginal scrapings are used for a test, the maturation index, that examines the cellular structure and configuration of the vaginal epithelial cells. Typically, this index is 0-40-60 during the reproductive years. With diminished estrogen levels, there is a shift to the left, producing an index of 30-40-30 during the perimenopausal period, and an index of 75-25-0 occurs during the postmenopausal period.