The nurse is providing teaching to a group of young adult athletes to promote the importance of protecting the integrity of the skeletal system. The nurse should explain that the purpose of ligaments is to:
1. prevent the client from overstretching the muscles prior to an event.
2. prevent movement.
3. provide joint stability.
4. stop circumduction.
Answer: 3
1. Ligaments can limit or enhance movement but do not prevent overstretching of muscles.
2. Ligaments can limit or enhance movement but do not prevent movement as their purpose.
3. Joints are often injured during sports because ligaments are damaged. It is important for athletes to understand the role ligaments play in stabilizing joints.
4. Circumduction is circular movement of the synovial joints.
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