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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. Opposite side






2. Back of the body






3. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Movement toward the midline of the body






11. Lying on side with knees up






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






13. Lying on side






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






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






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






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






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






19. Lying on side with knees up






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






21. Movement away from the midline of the body






22. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






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






25. Something done under the power of someone else






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






27. Away from the midline of the body






28. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






30. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






31. Palm






32. Away from the body's surface






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






34. Opposite side






35. Situated on the same side






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






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






38. Lying on side






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






40. Palm






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






42. Injury to a ligament






43. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






44. Lying on back






45. On hands and knees






46. Away from the body's surface






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






48. Movement toward the midline of the body






49. Lying on back






50. What the athlete feels