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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. Lying on stomach






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






3. Movement away from the midline of the body






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






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






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






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






8. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






10. Lying on back






11. An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon






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






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






14. Pertaining to one side






15. Lying on side






16. Movement away from the midline of the body






17. Toward the midline of the body






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






19. Bottom surface of the foot






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






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






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






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






24. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






25. Pertaining to the front of the body






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






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






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






29. Situated on the same side






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






31. Movement toward the midline of the body






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






33. Away from the midline of the body






34. Something done under the power of someone else






35. Pertaining to the cause of the condition






36. Somthing done under own power






37. Top surface of the foot






38. Close to the body's surface






39. Something done under the power of someone else






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






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






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






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






44. Away from the midline of the body






45. A lack of symmetry of sides of the body






46. What the athlete feels






47. Close to the body's surface






48. On hands and knees






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






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