Directional Terms

Question 1

Anatomical Position

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Frontal (Coronal) Plane

Answer 2

The plane that separates the body into a front and back

Question 3

Transverse (Horizontal) Plane

Answer 3

The plane that divides the body into top and bottom halves

Question 4

Sagittal Plane

Answer 4

A plane that divides the body into equal right and left halves

Question 5

Anterior

Answer 5

Pertaining to the front of the body

Question 6

Posterior

Answer 6

Back of the body

Question 7

Medial

Answer 7

toward the midline of the body

Question 8

Proximal

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Distal

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Superficial

Answer 10

Close to the body’s surface

Question 11

Deep

Answer 11

away from the body’s surface

Question 12

Superior

Answer 12

One point, or structure, being lower than another

Question 13

Inferior

Answer 13

One point, or structure, being lower than another

Question 14

Ipsilateral

Answer 14

Situated on the same side

Question 15

Contralleral

Answer 15

Opposite side

Question 16

Unilateral

Answer 16

Pertaining to one side

Question 17

Dorsal

Answer 17

Top surface of the foot

Question 18

Plantar

Answer 18

Bottom surface of the foot

Question 19

Volar

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Palmar

Answer 20

Palm

Question 21

Extenstion

Answer 21

A straightening movement around a joint to restore it to anatomical position

Question 22

Abduction

Answer 22

Movement away from the midline of the body

Question 23

Adduction

Answer 23

Movement toward the midline of the body

Question 24

Internal (Medial) Rotation

Answer 24

The spinning or turning of a segment toward the midline

Question 25

External (Lateral) Rotation

Answer 25

The spinning or turning of a segment away from the midline

Question 26

Supination

Answer 26

A movement that turns the palm of the hand upward

Question 27

Varus

Answer 27

a laterally directed force or angulation (position) of the joint

Question 28

Valgus

Answer 28

A medially directed force or angulation (position) of the joint

Question 29

Active

Answer 29

Something done under own power

Question 30

Active Assitive

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Passive

Answer 31

Something done under the power of someone else

Question 32

Hyperextension

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Circumduction

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Eversion

Answer 34

A movement that turns the sole of the foot outward, away from the midline of the body

Question 35

Inversion

Answer 35

A movement that turns the sole of the foot inward, toward the midline of the body

Question 36

Prone

Answer 36

Lying on stomach

Question 37

Supine

Answer 37

Lying on back

Question 38

Sidelying

Answer 38

Lying on side

Question 39

Quadriped

Answer 39

On hands and knees

Question 40

Hook-Lying

Answer 40

Lying on side with knees up

Question 41

Etiology

Answer 41

Pertaining to the cause of the condition

Question 42

Sign

Answer 42

Objective evidence that an athletic trainer can measure or sense

Question 43

Symptom

Answer 43

What the athlete feels

Question 44

Assessment

Answer 44

A procedure through which an ATC determines the severity, irritability, nature, and stage of the injury

Question 45

Sprain

Answer 45

injury to a ligament

Question 46

Strain

Answer 46

An injury that occurs to a muscle or tendon

Question 47

Asymmetry

Answer 47

A lack of symmetry of sides of the body

Question 48

Biomechanical

Answer 48

The study of movement of the human body

Question 49

Proprioception

Answer 49

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

Question 50

Kinesiology

Answer 50

The study of human movement (physics of the body)

Question 51

Palpation

Answer 51

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