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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. Movement away from the midline of the body






3. Lying on back






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






5. What the athlete feels






6. Lying on stomach






7. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






8. Somthing done under own power






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






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






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






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






13. Lying on side






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Toward the midline of the body






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






23. Injury to a ligament






24. Opposite side






25. Lying on side






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






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






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






29. Movement toward the midline of the body






30. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






31. Lying on back






32. On hands and knees






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






34. Palm






35. What the athlete feels






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






37. Lying on side with knees up






38. Back of the body






39. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






41. Somthing done under own power






42. Back of the body






43. Situated on the same side






44. Away from the body's surface






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






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






47. Something done under the power of someone else






48. Injury to a ligament






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






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