Welcome to your Physical Therapy NAME: Your Email: 1. [The most appropriate positioning strategy for a patient recovering from acute stroke who is in bed and demonstrates a flaccid upper extremity is ] Side-lying on the sound side with the affected upper extremity supported on a pillow and with the shoulder protracted and elbow extended. Side-lying on the affected side with the affected upper extremity flexed overhead. Supine with the affected hand positioned on stomach. None of the above. None . 2. [Edema may be defined as all of the following except] Brawny or indurated. Excess fluid in the interstitial space. Acquired or congenital. Excess fluid in the intercellular space. None . 3. [Which of the following would least likely be a causative agent in encephalitis?] Polio. Pneumococcus. Measles. Rabies. None . 4. [Neurotransmitter substances may include all of the following except] Prostaglandin. Acetylcholine. GABA. Epinephrine. None . 5. [True or false: An antibody is a specialized protein capable of combining chemically with the specific antigen that stimulated its production.] True. False. None . 6. [Which of the following, although it is a benign tumor, can through the destruction of bone in its immediate vicinity?] Osteogenic sarcoma. Chondroma. Osteoma. Giant cell tumor. None . 7. [In differentiating osteoarthritis from rheumatoid arthritis, the latter:] More often involves weight-bearing joints. Involves the distal interphalangeal joints. Is a systemic disease. Is often associated with increasing age. None . 8. [Which of the following variables is continuous?] Water temperatures of three whirlpools in the PT department. Number of ultrasound treatments provided each day by the physical therapy department. The number of staff members in the department. Whether the members of staff are male or female. None . 9. [Cardiac muscle is physiologically different from skeletal muscle in that:] It has no fibrous or bony attachments. Actin and myosin filaments produce a different type of striation. It does not develop a length-tension relationship. It functions as a syncytium divided into atrial and ventricular portions. None . 10. [True or false: Probability is used as a basis for inferential statistics] True. False. None . 11. [True or false: Muscle spindles, under normal conditions, emit sensory nerve impulses constantly.] True. False. None . 12. [The most painful classification of burns is] First degree. Second degree. Third degree. Full thickness. None . 13. [True or false: Surface tension is responsible for much of the lung's elastic recoil.] True. False. None . 14. [All of the following are considered categories of the operating budget, except:] Salaries and wages. Travel expenses. Continuing education. Office party expenses. None . 15. [All of the following are involved with peripheral circulation except] Arteries. Capillaries. Veins. Sinuses. None . 16. [Clinical features of anemia may include:] Tachycardia. Anorexia. Paresthesias. All of the above. None . 17. [An injury to the deep branch of the peroneal nerve would result in a sensory deficit to which of the following locations?] Medial side of the foot. Lateral side of the foot. Lateral one and one half toes. Medial border of the sole of the foot. Adjacent dorsal surfaces of the first and second toes. None . 18. [Which of the following muscles is most important for crutch walking?] Anterior deltoid and biceps. Middle deltoid and triceps. Posterior deltoid and subscapularis. Latissimus dorsi and lower trapezius. None . 19. [Which of the following is the most serious or severe form of mental disease?] Psychoneurotic disorders. Psychophysiologic disorders Psychosomatic disorders. Psychotic disorders. None . 20. [A disease in which the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles are dilated beyond their normal size is called] Endocarditis. Mitral valve prolapse. Bronchiectasis. Emphysema. None . Time's upTime is Up!
