NUR 631 Ortho

NUR 631 Ortho
1. Complete healing of a bone fracture occurs when
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the callus has been completely replaced with mature bone
2. Rickets is characterized by soft, weak bones resulting from a deficiency of
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Vitamin D
3. In older women, osteoporosis is thought to be primarily because of
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estro- gen deficiency
4. Pain with passive stretching of a muscle isindicative of
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noncontractile tissue injury
5. Muscular dystrophy includes a number of muscle disorders that are
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genetically transmitted
6. Myasthenia gravis is an auto-immune disease in which
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acetylcholine receptors are destroyed or dysfunctional
7. Anticholinesterase inhibitors may be used to manage
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Myasthenia gravis
8. A type I open fracture is best described as a bone that is
Broken and protruding through the skin