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






2. Injury to a ligament






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






4. What the athlete feels






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






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






7. Bottom surface of the foot






8. The study of movement of the human body






9. Situated on the same side






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






11. Pertaining to one side






12. On hands and knees






13. Injury to a ligament






14. Lying on stomach






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






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






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






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






19. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






20. Palm






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






22. Close to the body's surface






23. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






25. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






26. Situated on the same side






27. Away from the midline of the body






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






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






30. Something done under the power of someone else






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






32. Palm






33. Away from the midline of the body






34. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






35. Toward the midline of the body






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






37. Lying on side






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






39. Lying on side






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






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






42. Away from the body's surface






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






44. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






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






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






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






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






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