personal vocab: sports medicine

 anti-inflammatory Drugs that reduce swelling and inflammation

 antipyretic Agent that reduces fever

 apophysis Bony outgrowth to which muscles attach

 arthroscopy Viewing the inside of a joint through an arthroscope using a

small video camera lens

 atrophy Decrease in size of muscle or tissue

 avascular Lack of blood circulation

 avulsion Forcible tearing away or separation.

 axilla Armpit

 bradycardia Slow heartbeat

bursa Small synovial sac located over bony prominences that aids in

reducing friction.

 bursitis Inflammation of a bursa

subluxation Partial or incomplete dislocation of an articulation

 

 symptom Subjective evidence of an abnormal situation within the body

syndrome Group of typical symptoms or conditions that characterize a

deficiency or disease

 

 systolic The blood pressure exerted by the pumping of the heart

 tachycardia Rapid or abnormally high pulse rate

etiology Science dealing with causes of injury or disease

 eversion A movement of turning the foot outward

 fascia Fibrous membrane that covers, supports, and separate

muscles

 fasciitis Inflammation of fascia