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






2. Palm






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






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






5. Movement away from the midline of the body






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






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






8. Close to the body's surface






9. Away from the body's surface






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






11. What the athlete feels






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






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






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






15. Top surface of the foot






16. Palm






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






18. Lying on stomach






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






20. Movement toward the midline of the body






21. Something done under the power of someone else






22. Bottom surface of the foot






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






24. Situated on the same side






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






26. Close to the body's surface






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






28. Somthing done under own power






29. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






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






31. The study of movement of the human body






32. Somthing done under own power






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






34. Injury to a ligament






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






36. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






37. Pertaining to one side






38. Toward the midline of the body






39. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






40. Movement away from the midline of the body






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






42. Movement toward the midline of the body






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






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






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






46. Lying on back






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






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






49. What the athlete feels






50. On hands and knees