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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 straightening movement around a joint to restore it to anotomical position






2. Movement toward the midline of the body






3. Lying on stomach






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






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






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






7. Away from the midline of the body






8. Opposite side






9. Top surface of the foot






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






11. Lying on side with knees up






12. On hands and knees






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






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






15. Something done under the power of someone else






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






17. Situated on the same side






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






19. Close to the body's surface






20. Back of the body






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






22. Situated on the same side






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






24. Opposite side






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






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






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






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






29. Away from the midline of the body






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






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






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






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






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






35. Movement away from the midline of the body






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






37. Pertaining to the front of the body






38. Lying on side with knees up






39. What the athlete feels






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






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






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






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






44. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






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






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






47. Lying on side






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






49. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






50. Palm