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






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






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






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






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






6. Something done under the power of someone else






7. Injury to a ligament






8. Pertaining to one side






9. Movement away from the midline of the body






10. The study of movement of the human body






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






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






13. Lying on stomach






14. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






15. Lying on stomach






16. Away from the body's surface






17. Pertaining to the front of the body






18. Back of the body






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Pertaining to one side






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






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






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






29. Away from the body's surface






30. Situated on the same side






31. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






33. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






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






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






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






37. Movement toward the midline of the body






38. Toward the midline of the body






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






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






41. The study of movement of the human body






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






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






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






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






46. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






47. Away from the midline of the body






48. On hands and knees






49. Palm






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