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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. Objective evidence that an athletic trainer can measure or sense






2. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






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






4. Something done under the power of someone else






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






6. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






7. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






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






10. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






11. Bottom surface of the foot






12. Situated on the same side






13. Pertaining to one side






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






15. Pertaining to the front of the body






16. Palm






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






18. Movement toward the midline of the body






19. Lying on side with knees up






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






21. On hands and knees






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






23. Lying on back






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






25. Opposite side






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Movement away from the midline of the body






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






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






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






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






38. Lying on side






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






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






41. Injury to a ligament






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






43. Pertaining to one side






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






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






46. Injury to a ligament






47. Toward the midline of the body






48. What the athlete feels






49. Lying on back






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