pg. 1 Introduction to Clinically Oriented Anatomy (Moore) Study Questions with Correct Answers/ Updated Exam Questions – Latest 2024.
When lifting and carrying you should:
- tuck your gluteus muscles
- bend at the waist
- lift it yourself to assess heaviness
- "hug" the load - Correct Answer - "hug" the load
Falls can be prevented if employees
- use handholds and stair rails
- wet mop corridors one at a time
- use shelving or other "props" to increase height
- keep linens on floor until housekeeping can pick up - Correct Answer - use handholds and stair rails
Torticollis - Correct Answer - Contraction or shortening of the cervical muscles that causes twisting of the neck and slanting of the head.
Subclavian Vein Puncture - Correct Answer - Used for central line placement (such as Swan Ganz catheter). Index finger is placed on jugular notch and the thumb is placed on the middle of the clavicle.Needle puncture is done below thumb in line with index finger.
Right Cardiac Catheterization - Correct Answer - Puncture of the IJV can be used to introduce a catheter through the right brachiocephalic vein, into the SVC, into the right atrium.
In the event of a fire, the first action a nurse would take after discovering the danger is: 1 / 4
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- remove all patients, staff and visitors
- report the fire
- protect the safety of those in immediate harm
- await evacuation orders - Correct Answer - protect the safety of those in immediate harm
When reporting a fire, the nurse should:
- report concern only after confirming the source of a smoke odor
- pull the alarm and call the agency operator
- alert the personnel through the speaker system
- call the fire department - Correct Answer - pull the alarm and call the agency operator
Wet towels or blankets at the base of doors near the fire location can do all but which one of the
following:
- extinguish the fire
- help prevent drafts
- seal off the room
- limit smoke spread - Correct Answer - extinguish the fire
Class A fire extinguishers can be used on:
- flammable liquids
- any type of fire
- ordinary combustible materials
- electrical equipment - Correct Answer - ordinary combustible materials
Cervical Pain - Correct Answer - Can be caused by inflamed lymph nodes, muscle strain, and protruding intervertebral discs.
Consequences of fractures and dislocations of the cervical vertebrae - Correct Answer - Can injure the spinal cord and or the vertebral arteries and sympathetic plexuses.
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pg. 3 What can cause fracture of the hyoid bone - Correct Answer - Manual strangulation
Consequences of a fractured hyoid bone - Correct Answer - Can result in aspiration pneumonia due to difficulty swallowing
Paralysis of the platysma - Correct Answer - Caused by injury to the cervical branch of the facial nerve.
Neck Fascia - Correct Answer - Can prevent the spread of infection from one part of the neck to another.Superficial cervical fascia is the outermost layer
Deep cervical fascia includes:
Investing layer- around the SCM and trap Pretracheal layer- around the trachea (has muscular and visceral portions) Prevertebral layer- around scalenes and other prevertebral muscles Carotid sheath- around CCA, ICA, IJV, and CN 10 Retropharyngeal space- area between prevertebral fascia and pretracheal fascia Buccopharyngeal- connects fascia around the trachea (back portion)
Prominence of the EJV - Correct Answer - When venous pressure rises, as in heart failure, the vein is prominent throughout its course along the neck.
Carotid Occulsion - Correct Answer - Can be caused by atherosclerotic thickening of the intima. (Can cause a TIA or minor stroke).
Endarterectomy - Correct Answer - Opening an artery at its origin and stripping atherosclerotic plaque.
Carotid Pulse - Correct Answer - "Neck pulse", easily felt by palpating the CCA.
Internal Jugular Vein Puncture - Correct Answer - Needle inserted just lateral to the IJV at a 30 degree angle, aiming between the sternal and clavicular heads of the SCM.
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pg. 4 Injury to the Laryngeal Nerves - Correct Answer - Can cause paralysis of the vocal folds, if both sides are paralyzed, the voice is almost completely absent.
Ansa Cervicalis Innervates - Correct Answer - (Infrahyoid muscles) Sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, and omohyoid. (Also C1, 2, and 3).
Cranial Nerve 5 Innervates - Correct Answer - Mylohyoid and Anterior Digastric
Cranial Nerve 7 Innervates - Correct Answer - Posterior digastric, stylohyoid, and platysma.
Cranial Nerve 11 Innervates - Correct Answer - SCM, Upper Trapezius,
Cranial Nerve 12 Innervates - Correct Answer - Geniohyoid
Class C fire extinguishers can be used on: a. flammable liquids
- any type of fire
- ordinary combustible materials
- electrical equipment - Correct Answer - electrical equipment
When evacuation is deemed necessary and fire or police administration is on the scene, nurses should:
- Evacuate all patients in the agency
- Evacuate all patients except those on oxygen
- Evacuate the area as directed by rescue personnel
- Always use posted evacuation routes - Correct Answer - Evacuate the area as directed by rescue
personnel
Which of the following is not a sign of a potential electrical danger?
- improperlyfittingplug
- unusual warmth to touch
- loose knob or switch
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