Vocabulary- Concepts
Injury Characteristics
Injury in Sports
Anatomical Planes
Directional Terms
100

a partial or incomplete dislocation of a joint. 

What is a subluxation?

100

Describe the difference between a ligament and a tendon.

Ligament: connects bone to bone

Tendon: connects muscle to bone

100

The act passed that made girls' sports equally as important as boys' sports

What is Title IX?

100

Define and demonstrate anatomical position

What is the reference point for all anatomical terms?

100

The skin is ______ to the muscle

What is superficial?

200

Injury involving damage to the brain/spinal cord that presents potentially life threatening situation or possibility of permanent disability

What is a catastrophic injury?
200

injury to a joint and it's surrounding structures, specifically to a ligament

What is a sprain?

200

List and describe the 4 types of superficial open wounds

What is: 

1. Abrasion

2. Laceration

3. Incision

4. Avulsion

200

List and demonstrate the 3 anatomical planes.

What is frontal, saggital, and transverse planes? Demonstrate

200

The elbow is _________ to the wrist. 

What is proximal?
300

Characterized by a slow, insidious onset, implying gradual development of structural damage; Example: tendonitis

What is a chronic injury?

300
Injury or disruption to muscular or tendinous tissue

What is a strain?

300
The sports with common injuries including "cauliflower ear", skin diseases, and weight control.

What is wrestling?

300

A bicep curl is a motion that occurs in this anatomical plane

What is the Sagittal plane?

300

The spine is __________ to the sternum.

What is Posterior?

400

Characterized by a rapid onset, resulting from a traumatic event. Example: Ankle Sprain

What is an acute injury?

400

injury caused by a direct blow to a body surface that causes inflammation, discoloration, ecchymosis, and possible loss of function

What is a contusion?

400

Name and describe the 4 types of fractures.

What is:

1. Open

2. Closed

3. Stress

4. Salter-Harris

400

A lateral raise is a motion that occurs in this anatomical plane

What is the Frontal Plane?

400

The chin is _______ to the ears.

What is medial?

500

A study that collects information in effort to identify risk factors.

What is epidemiology?

500

What are the 3 types of muscle contractions and their meaning? 

Concentric Contraction - shortening of a muscle

Eccentric Contraction - lengthening of a muscle

Isometric Contraction - no change in muscle length; a hold

500

Three things that qualify an injury as a 'sports injury' according the to NCAA.

What is it occurs as a result of an intercollegiate sport, requires medical attention by a physician or athletic trainer, results in restriction of the athlete's participation for one or more days from the time of injury?

500

A Russian Twist is a motion that occurs in this anatomical plane

What is the transverse plane?

500

The hips are ________ to the shoulders.

What is Inferior?

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