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The abdominal exam sequence is inspection, auscultation, percussion and palpitation.  It is important to pay careful attention to the patient’s comfort level or degree of distress. A common cause of right lower quadrant (RLQ) is:

You are seeing a patient that was in a motor vehicle accident earlier today and is having severe left upper quadrant pain. Which of the following is most likely to be occurring with this patient?

 The Thomas test is used to detect:

Which of the following would be assessed as part of the range of motion (ROM) during the assessment of the thoracic and lumbar spine?

Which of the following diagnostic tests is NOT used to assess median nerve integrity?

When performing the drawer test, the examiner should place the patient in a supine position and flex the knee 45 to 90 degrees, placing the foot flat on the table, and then: 

Which of the following should be obtained during the health history of female patient who has the chief concern of abdominal pain?

In the primary care setting concerns of chest pain are often caused by musculoskeletal or gastrointestinal conditions. Often these symptoms are not cardiac related.  Which of the following symptoms is most likely NOT related to musculoskeletal or gastrointestinal pain?

Your first patient in clinic today has a chief concern of a cough. Which of the following would NOT be important to include in the history of present illness? 

33. You suspect a patient may have ring worm as the shape of the erythematous lesion is: