Sports Medicine Team
Anatomy
Terminology
Sports Injury
Misc.
100
The broad field of medical practice related to physical activity and sport.
What is sports medicine?
100

This large, triangular bone forms the back of your shoulder and connects the clavicle to the humerus.

 What is the scapula?

100
The name for the starting position when referencing body position.
What is the anatomical position?
100

This classic first-aid acronym stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation.

What is RICE?

100

The "go to" first aid technique to reduce swelling and pain?

What is ice?

200

This healthcare professional evaluates, rehabilitates, and manages athletic injuries on and off the field.

Who is an athletic trainer?

200

This major bone makes up the medial side of your lower leg and is highly susceptible to "shin splints."

What is the tibia?

200
The arm is moved from the side to a 90 degree angle away from the body to perform this motion.
What is shoulder abduction?
200

This severe brain injury requires a licensed medical clearance before an athlete is allowed to return to play.

What is a concussion?

200

The law that requires a medical professional to keep the condition of their patients confidential.

What is HIPPA?

300

This specific member of the sports medicine umbrella is a licensed healthcare professional who manages long-term recovery, focusing on restoring biomechanics, strength, and range of motion after surgery.

What is a physical therapist?

300

These fluid-filled sacs reduce friction between tendons and bones

What is a bursa?

300
This motion involves moving either the hip or shoulder in a circular motion.
What is circumduction?
300

This term refers to a stretching or tearing of ligaments, whereas a strain involves tendons or muscles.

What is a sprain?

300

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

What is the sagittal plane?

400

While not healthcare providers, coaches hold this primary legal and ethical responsibility regarding athlete injuries before medical staff arrives.

What is First Aid/CPR/AED certification?

400

This group of muscles can be abbreviated by SITS

What is rotator cuff muscles?

400

This clinical term describes a stretching or tearing injury to a muscle or tendon unit, often caused by sudden eccentric loading or overstretching.

What is a strain?

400
A baseball catcher is having pain in his shoulder that has slowly become worse over the past few weeks. It would be considered this type of injury.
What is a chronic injury?
400

The Shoulder moves the arm away from the midline of the body.

What is abduction?

500
A fitness professional who does not need a college degree.
Who is a personal trainer?
500

This thick, band-like ligament on the medial side of the knee prevents valgus forces (inward buckling) and is frequently injured alongside the medial meniscus and ACL.

What is Medial collateral ligament (MCL)?

500
A magician transects a victim in 'the box' by using a saw. He cuts in this plane.
What is the transverse plane?
500

This term describes a localized collection of blood outside the blood vessels, usually in solid form within an organ or muscle space.

What is a hematoma?

500

Your hand is lateral from your navel, your toes are inferior to your knee, and your nose is blank in relation to your shoulder.

What is medial and superior?

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