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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. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






2. Lying on side with knees up






3. On hands and knees






4. Lying on stomach






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






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






7. Injury to a ligament






8. Away from the midline of the body






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






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






11. Lying on back






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






13. Opposite side






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






15. The study of movement of the human body






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






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






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






19. Away from the midline of the body






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






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






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






23. Lying on back






24. Top surface of the foot






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






26. Toward the midline of the body






27. Somthing done under own power






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






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






30. Top surface of the foot






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






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






33. Movement toward the midline of the body






34. Pertaining to one side






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






36. Lying on side






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






38. Somthing done under own power






39. Situated on the same side






40. Pertaining to the front of the body






41. Pertaining to one side






42. The study of movement of the human body






43. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






44. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






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






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






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






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






50. Palm