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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. Lying on back






2. Away from the body's surface






3. Palm






4. Toward the midline of the body






5. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






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






7. Lying on side






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






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






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






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






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






13. Situated on the same side






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






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






16. Away from the midline of the body






17. Lying on side with knees up






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






19. Bottom surface of the foot






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






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






22. Lying on stomach






23. Bottom surface of the foot






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






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






26. Movement toward the midline of the body






27. Lying on back






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






29. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






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






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






32. Injury to a ligament






33. Something done under the power of someone else






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






35. On hands and knees






36. Somthing done under own power






37. Lying on side






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






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






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






41. Pertaining to the front of the body






42. Top surface of the foot






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






44. Opposite side






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






46. What the athlete feels






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






48. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






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






50. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body