NORCET · India · All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersWhere everything is, and why a nurse needs to know
In the exams: AIIMS BSc (Hons) Nursing Entrance: Biology (30 marks); NORCET: Prelims — nursing syllabus (80 of 100 questions); Japan National Nursing Examination: Human structure, function and disease (Core across both sections)
How our questions for NORCET spread across the units of Human Anatomy. Difficulty: 23 easy, 56 medium, 17 hard.
| End-of-manual check | 12 | |
| The Language of Position | 5 | |
| The Skeleton | 5 | |
| Joints and Movement | 5 | |
| Muscles | 5 | |
| The Heart | 5 | |
| Vessels and Pulses | 5 | |
| Airway and Lungs | 5 | |
| The Digestive Tract | 5 | |
| Kidneys and Urinary Tract | 5 | |
| The Nervous System | 5 | |
| Skin | 5 | |
| Endocrine Glands | 5 | |
| What Anatomy Is For | 4 | |
| Cells, Tissues and Membranes | 4 | |
| Reproductive Organs | 4 | |
| Surface Anatomy | 4 | |
| Variation and Exceptions | 4 | |
| Being Examined On This | 4 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
A patient has swelling of one leg only. What does the pattern suggest?
A. A local problem in that leg's venous return
General causes such as heart failure, kidney failure and low blood protein affect the whole body and produce swelling in both legs. Swelling confined to one leg points instead at something obstructing return from that leg specifically.
Further reading: SUNYRA nursing manual: Human Anatomy
Pain that starts around the navel and moves to the lower right abdomen follows what?
A. The nerve supply of the appendix as inflammation reaches the wall
Early visceral pain is felt centrally; when inflammation reaches the parietal peritoneum it localises to the right iliac fossa.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: Human Anatomy
What does distal mean?
A. Further from the trunk
Distal is further from the point of attachment or the trunk; proximal is nearer.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: Human Anatomy
Why is the ventrogluteal site often preferred for intramuscular injections?
C. It is away from major nerves and vessels
Each site is chosen for what is not beneath it; the ventrogluteal site avoids the sciatic nerve.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: Human Anatomy
Blood leaving the right ventricle goes where?
A. To the lungs
The right ventricle pumps deoxygenated blood through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: Human Anatomy
How many lobes does the left lung have?
D. Two
The left lung has two lobes, leaving room for the heart; the right has three.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: Human Anatomy
Where does gas exchange take place in the lungs?
B. In the alveoli
Oxygen and carbon dioxide cross the thin alveolar walls into and out of capillaries.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: Human Anatomy
How do endocrine glands release hormones?
D. Directly into the blood
Being ductless, their products reach every tissue the blood reaches.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: Human Anatomy
Where are eggs fertilised?
D. In the uterine tube
Fertilisation usually occurs in the uterine (fallopian) tube.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: Human Anatomy
Why is drawing from memory a good revision method?
B. It exposes gaps that re-reading hides
Reproducing structures reveals what has not been learned.
Further reading: Laisha original question, written to the SUNYRA nursing manual: Human Anatomy
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