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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. Lying on stomach






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






3. Injury to a ligament






4. Opposite side






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






6. Somthing done under own power






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






8. What the athlete feels






9. Top surface of the foot






10. Movement away from the midline of the body






11. Toward the midline of the body






12. Bottom surface of the foot






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






14. Close to the body's surface






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






16. Palm






17. Situated on the same side






18. A movement that turns the sole of the foot inward - toward the midline of the body






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






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






21. Lying on stomach






22. A medially directe force or angulation (position) of the joint






23. A straightening movement around a joint to restore it to anotomical position






24. Lying on side with knees up






25. Movement toward the midline of the body






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






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






28. A movement that turns the sole of the foot outward - away from the midline of the body






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






30. Lying on side






31. Lying on back






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






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






34. A laterally difrected force or angulation (position) of the joint






35. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






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






37. Bottom surface of the foot






38. The spinning or turning of a segment away from the midline






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






40. The study of movement of the human body






41. A medially directe force or angulation (position) of the joint






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






43. On hands and knees






44. A laterally difrected force or angulation (position) of the joint






45. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






46. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






47. Away from the body's surface






48. Away from the midline of the body






49. Pertaining to one side






50. Lying on side