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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. Movement toward the midline of the body






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






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






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






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






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






7. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






9. Lying on back






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






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






12. Lying on stomach






13. Top surface of the foot






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






15. Pertaining to one side






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






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






18. Lying on back






19. Situated on the same side






20. Away from the body's surface






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






22. What the athlete feels






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






24. The study of movement of the human body






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






26. Palm






27. Top surface of the foot






28. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






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






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






31. Close to the body's surface






32. Away from the midline of the body






33. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






34. What the athlete feels






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






36. Movement toward the midline of the body






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






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






39. Away from the body's surface






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






41. Away from the midline of the body






42. Lying on side with knees up






43. Lying on side






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






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






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






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






48. Back of the body






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






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