Athletic Medicine-Vocabulary Quiz #3

Primarly A words and meaning, a few suffixes

-stomy

forming artificial opening (colostomy)

-tomy

cutting open of an organ or cavity (tracheotomy)

-uria

excreted in urine (albuminuria)

Abdomen:

Portion of the trunk located between the chest and pelvis.

Abduction

Movement away from the midline. Opposite of adduction.

Abrasion:

Open wound resulting from the outer layer of skin being scraped off.

Achilles tendon:

Common tendon connecting calf muscles (gastrocnemius and soleus) to the heel (calceneus).

Action

Movement a muscle preforms.

Acute:

Sudden pain or injury that is relatively short and severe.

Adduction:

Movement towards the midline. Opposite of abduction.

Aerobic:

Work or exercise requiring oxygen.

Amnesia:

Loss of memory; typically due to head injury.

Anaerobic:

Work or exercise not requiring oxygen.

Anatomy:

Science of how the body is structured.

Analgesic:

Agent that produces insensibility to pain.