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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. The study of movement of the human body






3. Pertaining to one side






4. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






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






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






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






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






9. Pertaining to the front of the body






10. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






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






13. Bottom surface of the foot






14. Toward the midline of the body






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






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






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






18. Lying on side with knees up






19. Away from the midline of the body






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






21. Opposite side






22. Away from the body's surface






23. Bottom surface of the foot






24. Something done under the power of someone else






25. Lying on side






26. What the athlete feels






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






28. Movement away from the midline of the body






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






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






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






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






33. Away from the midline of the body






34. Injury to a ligament






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






36. What the athlete feels






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






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






39. Situated on the same side






40. Movement toward the midline of the body






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






42. Somthing done under own power






43. On hands and knees






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






45. Palm






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






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






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






49. Lying on back






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