Visceral muscles are
a. smooth and voluntary.
b. smooth and involuntary.
c. striated and voluntary.
d. striated and involuntary.
Question 2The nurse compresses the nailbed of a child who has just received an arm cast to assess:
a. loss of sensation.
b. impending edema.
c. perception of pain.
d. peripheral circulation.
Question 3A group of several different kinds of tissues arranged so that together they can perform a more complex function than any tissue alone is called a(n)
a. organ.
b. system.
c. cell.
d. endoplasmic reticulum.
Question 4An 8-year-old child asks how a blood pressure is taken. The nurse should reply:
a. This small machine will measure your systolic and diastolic pressure.
b. The armband will hug your arm and tell me how well your blood is going through your arm.
c. The armband will cut off your circulation for a while and then we can hear when it comes back.
d. When you are ill we need to know if your blood is still moving in your body.
Question 5The muscle tissue cells that are nonstriated and appear in the viscera or internal organs, such as the walls of the intestines, are
a. skeletal.
b. glial.
c. smooth.
d. fibrous.
Question 6Obtaining the respirations of an infant requires a modified approach from that of an adult because:
a. infants breathe through their noses.
b. infants have very rapid respirations.
c. infants' respirations are thoracic in nature.
d. infants' respiratory movements are abdominal.
Question 7The four phases of cell division all occur in
a. diffusion.
b. mitosis.
c. osmosis.
d. filtration.
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