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






2. Movement away from the midline of the body






3. Close to the body's surface






4. Somthing done under own power






5. Injury to a ligament






6. Top surface of the foot






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






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






9. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






10. Movement away from the midline of the body






11. Lying on back






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






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






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






15. Bottom surface of the foot






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






17. Top surface of the foot






18. Movement toward the midline of the body






19. The study of movement of the human body






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






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






22. Toward the midline of the body






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






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






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






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






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






28. Away from the body's surface






29. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






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






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






32. What the athlete feels






33. Lying on side with knees up






34. Close to the body's surface






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






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






37. What the athlete feels






38. Back of the body






39. Somthing done under own power






40. Away from the midline of the body






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






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






43. Lying on side






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






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






46. Opposite side






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






48. Injury to a ligament






49. Bottom surface of the foot






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