Sports Medicine Vocab

Anterior

Ventral aspect (Front works too)

Posterior

Dorsal aspect (Back works too)

Medial

Toward the midline

Lateral

Toward the outside

Superior

Head end (Above works too)

Inferior

Away from the head end (Below works too)

Superficial

Near the surface

Deep

Farther from the surface

Inversion

Sole of the foot turned in toward the midline of the body (Toes in works too)

Eversion

Sole of the foot turned out away from the midline of the body (Toes out works too)

Proximal

Near the attached end

Distal

Farther from the course of disease or injury

Prognosis

Forecast of the course of disease or injury

Diagnosis

The determination of the nature of a disease or injury

Etiology

The cause of the disease or injury

Edema

Swelling

Flexion

To bend or decrease the angle of a joint

Extension

To straighten or increase the angle of a joint

Abducution

Movement away from the midline

Adducution

Movement towards the midline

Pronation

Act of rotating the forearm and hand internally toward the midline of the body

Supination

Act of rotating the forearm and hand away from the midline of the body

Prone

Lying face down

Supine

Laying face up

Acute

Having a short and relatively severe course; new injury

Chronic

Continuing for a long time; old injury

Tendon

Connects muscle to bone

Ligament

Connects bone to bone

Strain

Stretch or tear of muscle or tendon

Sprain

Stretch or tear of a ligament

Dislocation

Complete displacement of a joint

Subluxation

Partial displacement of a joint with spontaneous reduction

Fracture

Broken bone

Contusion

Bruising or crushing of tissue

Plantar Flexion

Pointing the toes downward, away from knee

Dorsi Flexion

Pointing the toes upward, toward the knee

Adhesion

Act of sticking together, the union of wound edges, the act of joining

Atrophy

Decrease in size of body part

Avulsion

A forcible separation or detachment

Hemorrhage

A discharge of blood as from ruptured blood vessels

Miniscis

A disc of cartilage between the articulating surfaces of two bones

Spasm

A sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction

Therapy

The treatment of a disease or injury

Modality

The form of treatment of an injury

Hematoma

A pooling of blood

Iffusion

Swelling within a joint

Sesamoid

A bone encapsulated within a tendon