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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. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






3. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






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






5. What the athlete feels






6. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Situated on the same side






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






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






18. Situated on the same side






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






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






21. Movement away from the midline of the body






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






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






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






25. Toward the midline of the body






26. Pertaining to one side






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






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. Away from the midline of the body






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






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






33. Away from the body's surface






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






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






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






37. Palm






38. Palm






39. The study of movement of the human body






40. Movement away from the midline of the body






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






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






43. Top surface of the foot






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






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






46. Movement toward the midline of the body






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






48. Movement toward the midline of the body






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






50. Toward the midline of the body