Sports medicine

Bone

living tissue that provides structure and stores minerals

Axial

Head,neck,and trunk

Medial

Toward the midline

Popliteal

Behind the knee

Palpate

To touch or feel a body part to determine if an injury occurred

Brachial

Pertaining to the arm

Syncope

Fainting

Appendicular

Arms + legs

Pollex

Thumb

Lateral

Away from the midline

Contusion

Type of injury caused by a blow

Ecchymosis

Black + Blue discoloration

Plantar

Sole/ bottom of foot

Proximal

Toward the point of attachment

Acromial

Point of shoulder

Superior

above

Sprain

Injury to a ligament

Muscle

Tissue that contracts to cause movement

distal

Away from the point of attachment

Viscera

internal organs

Hallux

Big Toe

Tendon

Tissue that connects muscle to bone

Cryotherapy

Using cold on body part

Scapular

Back of shoulder

Lumbar

back area from ribs to hips

Manus

Hand

Joint

Where two or more bones meet

Abdominal

front area from ribs to hips

Umbilicus

“Belly Button

Phalanges

Pertaining to toes/fingers

Strain

Injury to a muscle or tendon

Quadriceps Femoris

Thigh area

Ligament

Tissue that connects bone to bone

inferior

below (heads and thumbs)

Laceration

cut

posterior

in back

anterior

in front

Sports medicine

umbrella term describing the broad range of activities and profession involved in caring for the injured or ill, physically active person