Sports Medicine terminology
Across
- 2. away from the midline
- 4. one point, or structure, being higher than another
- 5. movement of a limb in a circular pattern. This occurs when a ball-and-socket joint (shoulder or hip)or gliding joint(wrist) encompasses several directions with one motion
- 7. toward the attachment of the limb to the trunk
- 12. plane that divides the body into left and right halves
- 14. toward the back of the body. Affecting the back or dorsal surface
- 15. plane that divides the body into top and bottom halves
- 16. movement away from the midline of the body
- 19. flexion movement that extends the ankle and points the toes
- 20. close to the body’s outer surface
- 21. toward the midline of the body
- 22. plane plane that separates the body into front and back halves
- 24. movement of the forearm that involves turning the palm of the hand upward
- 25. movement that increases the angle between two bones
Down
- 1. flexing the toes and foot toward the body
- 3. rotation of a limb away from the midline
- 6. one point, or structure, being lower than another
- 8. movement of the body toward the midline of the body
- 9. lying on the back or with the face upward
- 10. pertaining to point of reference away from the midline of the body
- 11. rotation of the forearm in such a way that the palm of the hand faces backward in anatomical position or downward when the arm is flexed to a right angle of the body
- 13. standing posture with the arms at the side and the palms of the hands facing forward.
- 17. rotation of a limb toward the midline
- 18. Decreasing the angle of a joint
- 23. Having the front or ventral surface downward: especially: lying facedown