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






2. Back of the body






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






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






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






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






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






8. Close to the body's surface






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






10. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






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






12. Movement away from the midline of the body






13. Movement away from the midline of the body






14. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






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






16. The study of movement of the human body






17. Opposite side






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






19. Lying on side






20. Pertaining to the front of the body






21. Lying on back






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






23. Lying on stomach






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






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






26. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






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






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






29. Situated on the same side






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






31. Lying on side






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






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






34. Somthing done under own power






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






36. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






37. Movement toward the midline of the body






38. The plane that separates the body into a front and back






39. Something done under the power of someone else






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






41. Injury to a ligament






42. Toward the midline of the body






43. Back of the body






44. Injury to a ligament






45. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






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






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






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






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






50. What the athlete feels