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Sports Medicine Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Something done under the power of someone else






2. Top surface of the foot






3. Injury to a ligament






4. A standing posture with the arms at the side and the palms of the hands facing forward






5. Objective evidence that an athletic trainer can measure or sense






6. The range of motion through which the athlete can move the limb with the help of the athletic trainer






7. Palmar aspect of the wrist and hand (back of hand)






8. The plane that divides the body into equal right and left halves






9. Pertaining to the front of the body






10. A plane that divides the body into left and right






11. A movement that turns the palm of the hand upward






12. Objective evidence that an athletic trainer can measure or sense






13. Pertaining to one side






14. The plane that divides the body into top and bottom halves






15. Situated on the same side






16. A procedure through which an ATC determines the severity - irritablilty - nature - and stage of the injury






17. Back of the body






18. Examination of an area by touch to determine any differences in general presentation






19. Lying on side with knees up






20. On hands and knees






21. The plane that divides the body into equal right and left halves






22. Somthing done under own power






23. What the athlete feels






24. Lying on side






25. One point - or structure - being higher than another






26. Lying on back






27. Toward the attachment of the limb to the trunk or given site






28. The movement of a limb in a circular pattern (the thumb does this)






29. The movement of a limb in a circular pattern (the thumb does this)






30. Away from the attachment of a limb or given site of reference






31. Extreme stretching out of a body part (going past normal limit)






32. Away from the midline of the body






33. A bending movement around a joint in a limb away from its straighten position






34. Awareness of position or movement of the body or a body segment






35. The study of human movement (physics of the body)






36. The spinning or turning of a segment toward the midline






37. Palmar aspect of the wrist and hand (back of hand)






38. One point - or structure - being lower than another






39. Lying on stomach






40. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






41. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






42. Movement toward the midline of the body






43. Lying on stomach






44. The spinning or turning of a segment toward the midline






45. Toward the midline of the body






46. Back of the body






47. Injury to a ligament






48. Opposite side






49. A standing posture with the arms at the side and the palms of the hands facing forward






50. On hands and knees