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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 away from the midline of the body






2. Situated on the same side






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






4. Palm






5. Something done under the power of someone else






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






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






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






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






10. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






11. Opposite side






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






13. Lying on side with knees up






14. Somthing done under own power






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






22. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






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






24. Lying on side






25. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






27. What the athlete feels






28. On hands and knees






29. Lying on back






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






31. Pertaining to one side






32. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






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






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






35. Injury to a ligament






36. Toward the midline of the body






37. Top surface of the foot






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






39. Back of the body






40. Close to the body's surface






41. The study of movement of the human body






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






43. The study of movement of the human body






44. Something done under the power of someone else






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






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






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






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






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






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