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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. Opposite side






2. Lying on side with knees up






3. Bottom surface of the foot






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






5. Something done under the power of someone else






6. On hands and knees






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






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






9. Close to the body's surface






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






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






12. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






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






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






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






16. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






17. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






19. Close to the body's surface






20. Back of the body






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






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






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






24. Something done under the power of someone else






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






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






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






28. Lying on side with knees up






29. On hands and knees






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






31. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






32. Lying on back






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






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






35. Movement toward the midline of the body






36. Lying on stomach






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






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






39. Movement away from the midline of the body






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






41. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






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






43. Toward the midline of the body






44. Lying on stomach






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






46. Somthing done under own power






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






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






49. Top surface of the foot






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