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






2. Lying on side with knees up






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






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






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






6. Injury to a ligament






7. Pertaining to one side






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






9. Lying on side






10. Palm






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






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






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. Objective evidence that an athletic trainer can measure or sense






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






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






18. Close to the body's surface






19. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






20. Close to the body's surface






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






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






23. Back of the body






24. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






25. Lying on back






26. Away from the body's surface






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






28. Injury to a ligament






29. What the athlete feels






30. Toward the midline of the body






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






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






33. Something done under the power of someone else






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






35. On hands and knees






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






37. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






38. Bottom surface of the foot






39. Movement away from the midline of the body






40. Somthing done under own power






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






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






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






44. Bottom surface of the foot






45. Somthing done under own power






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






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






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






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






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