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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. Movement toward the midline of the body






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






3. Close to the body's surface






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






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






6. Situated on the same side






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






8. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






9. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






11. Lying on stomach






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






13. Away from the midline of the body






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






15. What the athlete feels






16. Away from the body's surface






17. Top surface of the foot






18. What the athlete feels






19. Pertaining to one side






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






21. On hands and knees






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






23. On hands and knees






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






25. Lying on back






26. Palm






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






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






29. Pertaining to the front of the body






30. Toward the midline of the body






31. Injury to a ligament






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






33. Injury to a ligament






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






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






36. Movement away from the midline of the body






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






38. Somthing done under own power






39. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






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






41. Back of the body






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






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






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






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






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






47. Bottom surface of the foot






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






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






50. Lying on side with knees up