Test your basic knowledge |

Sports Medicine Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






2. Away from the midline of the body






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






4. Something done under the power of someone else






5. Top surface of the foot






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






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






8. Back of the body






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






10. Pertaining to the front of the body






11. Situated on the same side






12. Pertaining to one side






13. Away from the body's surface






14. Movement toward the midline of the body






15. What the athlete feels






16. Lying on back






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






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






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






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






21. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






22. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






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






24. Toward the midline of the body






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






26. On hands and knees






27. Lying on stomach






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






29. Movement away from the midline of the body






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






31. Away from the body's surface






32. Situated on the same side






33. Injury to a ligament






34. Pertaining to one side






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






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






37. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






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






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






40. Bottom surface of the foot






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






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






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






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






45. Lying on side






46. Back of the body






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






48. What the athlete feels






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






50. Somthing done under own power