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






2. Toward the midline of the body






3. Away from the midline of the body






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






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






6. The study of movement of the human body






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






8. What the athlete feels






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






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






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






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






13. Away from the midline of the body






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






15. Opposite side






16. What the athlete feels






17. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






18. Lying on side with knees up






19. Pertaining to the front of the body






20. Movement toward the midline of the body






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






22. Somthing done under own power






23. Lying on back






24. Top surface of the foot






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






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






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






28. On hands and knees






29. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






30. Something done under the power of someone else






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






32. Situated on the same side






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






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






35. Pertaining to one side






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






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






38. Opposite side






39. Close to the body's surface






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






41. Situated on the same side






42. Away from the body's surface






43. Top surface of the foot






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






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






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






47. Close to the body's surface






48. Injury to a ligament






49. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






50. Injury to a ligament