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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. What the athlete feels






2. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






4. Opposite side






5. Injury to a ligament






6. What the athlete feels






7. Top surface of the foot






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






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






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






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






12. Lying on back






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






14. Opposite side






15. Away from the midline of the body






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






17. Toward the midline of the body






18. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






19. Situated on the same side






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






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






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






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






24. Bottom surface of the foot






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






26. Lying on side






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






28. Movement away from the midline of the body






29. Back of the body






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






31. On hands and knees






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






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






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






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






36. Movement away from the midline of the body






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






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






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






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






41. Away from the midline of the body






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






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






44. Something done under the power of someone else






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






46. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






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






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






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






50. Top surface of the foot