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






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






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






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






5. Movement away from the midline of the body






6. Close to the body's surface






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






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






9. Away from the body's surface






10. The study of movement of the human body






11. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






12. Palm






13. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






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






15. Away from the body's surface






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






17. Lying on side with knees up






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






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






20. Back of the body






21. Away from the midline of the body






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






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






24. Lying on stomach






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






26. On hands and knees






27. Somthing done under own power






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






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






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






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






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






33. On hands and knees






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






35. Opposite side






36. Away from the midline of the body






37. Pertaining to one side






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






39. Opposite side






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






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






42. Situated on the same side






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






44. Pertaining to the front of the body






45. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






46. Lying on back






47. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






48. Injury to a ligament






49. Bottom surface of the foot






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