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






2. The study of movement of the human body






3. Top surface of the foot






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






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






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






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






8. Pertaining to one side






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






10. Opposite side






11. Away from the body's surface






12. Toward the midline of the body






13. Somthing done under own power






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






15. The study of movement of the human body






16. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






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






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






19. Top surface of the foot






20. Lying on side






21. Injury to a ligament






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






23. On hands and knees






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Away from the body's surface






33. Pertaining to the front of the body






34. Close to the body's surface






35. Away from the midline of the body






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






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






38. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






39. Injury to a ligament






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






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






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






43. Opposite side






44. Situated on the same side






45. Back of the body






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






47. Lying on side






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






49. Close to the body's surface






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