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






2. Something done under the power of someone else






3. Palm






4. Close to the body's surface






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






6. Lying on stomach






7. What the athlete feels






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






9. Opposite side






10. Pertaining to one side






11. Lying on side with knees up






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






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






14. Palm






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






16. Lying on side






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






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






19. The study of movement of the human body






20. Top surface of the foot






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






22. Somthing done under own power






23. Away from the midline of the body






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






25. Top surface of the foot






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






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






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






29. Opposite side






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






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






32. Away from the midline of the body






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






34. Lying on back






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






36. Toward the midline of the body






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






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






39. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






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






41. What the athlete feels






42. The study of movement of the human body






43. Pertaining to one side






44. Close to the body's surface






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






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






47. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






48. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






49. Pertaining to the front of the body






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