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






2. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






3. Lying on side with knees up






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






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






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






7. Pertaining to the front of the body






8. What the athlete feels






9. Back of the body






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






11. Bottom surface of the foot






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






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






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






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






16. Toward the midline of the body






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






18. Close to the body's surface






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






27. Lying on side






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






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






30. Movement toward the midline of the body






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






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






33. Opposite side






34. The study of movement of the human body






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






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






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






38. Pertaining to the front of the body






39. Injury to a ligament






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






41. Away from the midline of the body






42. Pertaining to one side






43. Somthing done under own power






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






45. Away from the body's surface






46. Bottom surface of the foot






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






48. What the athlete feels






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






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