An adolescent tells the nurse that a health professional said the ...

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An adolescent tells the nurse that a health professional said the fibrous tissue that connects bone and cartilage was strained in a sporting accident. On which structure will the nurse focus an assessment?
 
  a. Tendon
  b. Ligament
  c. Synergistic muscle
  d. Antagonistic muscle

Question 2

A nurse is teaching a health promotion class about isotonic exercises. Which types of exercises will the nurse give as examples?
 
  a. Swimming, jogging, and bicycling
  b. Tightening or tensing of muscles without moving body parts
  c. Quadriceps set exercises and contraction of the gluteal muscles
  d. Push-ups, hip lifting, pushing feet against a footboard on the bed

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Ligaments are white, shiny, and flexible bands of fibrous tissue that bind joints and connect bones and cartilage. Tendons are strong, flexible, and inelastic as they serve to connect muscle to bone. Muscles attach bone to bone. Synergistic muscles contract to accomplish the same movement. Antagonistic muscles cause movement at the joint.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Examples of isotonic exercises are walking, swimming, dance aerobics, jogging, bicycling, and moving arms and legs with light resistance. Isometric exercises involve tightening or tensing of muscles without moving body parts. Examples include quadriceps set exercises and contraction of the gluteal muscles. Examples of resistive isometric exercises are push-ups and hip lifting, as well as placing a footboard on the foot of the bed for patients to push against with their feet.