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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. Lying on back






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






3. Lying on stomach






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






5. Bottom surface of the foot






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






7. Lying on side with knees up






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






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






10. What the athlete feels






11. Movement toward the midline of the body






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






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






14. Something done under the power of someone else






15. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






16. Palm






17. Back of the body






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






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






20. Pertaining to one side






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






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






23. Pertaining to one side






24. Close to the body's surface






25. Away from the body's surface






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






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






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






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






30. On hands and knees






31. Somthing done under own power






32. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






33. Top surface of the foot






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






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






36. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






37. The study of movement of the human body






38. Toward the midline of the body






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






40. Injury to a ligament






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






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






43. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






44. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






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






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






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






49. What the athlete feels






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