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






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






3. Injury to a ligament






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






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






6. Lying on stomach






7. Close to the body's surface






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






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






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






11. What the athlete feels






12. Bottom surface of the foot






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






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






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






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






17. Movement toward the midline of the body






18. Away from the midline of the body






19. Toward the midline of the body






20. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






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






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






23. Lying on side






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






25. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






26. Back of the body






27. Pertaining to one side






28. On hands and knees






29. Opposite side






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






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






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






33. Lying on back






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






35. Lying on side with knees up






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Top surface of the foot






44. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






45. On hands and knees






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






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






48. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






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