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






2. Lying on side with knees up






3. What the athlete feels






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






5. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






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






7. Palm






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






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






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






11. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






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






14. Palm






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






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






17. Back of the body






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






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






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






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






22. Injury to a ligament






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






24. Close to the body's surface






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






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






27. Opposite side






28. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






29. Situated on the same side






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






31. Somthing done under own power






32. Injury to a ligament






33. Something done under the power of someone else






34. Toward the midline of the body






35. Away from the body's surface






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






37. Away from the midline of the body






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






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






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






41. Away from the body's surface






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






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






44. Lying on side






45. Movement toward the midline of the body






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






47. The study of movement of the human body






48. Lying on side with knees up






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






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