Sports medicine directional terms

Name of the plane that creates EQUAL right and left parts on the body. 

• Midsagital
• Sagital
• Transverse
• Frontal 

Which term means "above or toward the head?"

• Superior
• Inferior
• Posterior
• Anterior

Inflamed tendon, due to overuse.

• sprain
• strain
• tendonitis
• cramp

Warm up before exercise to reduce the risk of ________, which cause pain, swelling, and difficulty moving the affected muscle.                -Over stretching and tearing of muscle fibers.

• Strain
• Sprain
• Cramp
• Tendonitis

knee bending

• adduction
• abduction
• inversion
• flexion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Which body part is posterior to the heart?

• chin
• pectoral muscles
• spine
• none of them are correct

Which part is medial to the shoulder?

• sternum
• elbow
• foot
• none of them are correct

Which is the correct structural order?

• tissue-cells-organ-organ system
• cells-tissue-organ system-organ
• tissue-cells-organ system-organs
• cells-tissue-organ-organ system

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What plane divides the body into top and bottom parts.

• transverse
• coronal
• frontal
• saggital

What is the name of the thigh bone?

• Tibia
• Fibula
• Femur
• Patella