What is your Sports Medicine IQ?
Mar 31, 2015
What is your Sports Medicine IQ?
Number 1
• Name the longest bone in the body.
1. Femur
Number 2:
• What are the smallest bones in the body? Hint: There are six of them.
2. Malleus, Stapes, Incus
Number 3
• Name the longest muscle in the body.
Number 4
• Fast twitch and slow twitch refer to which type of body tissues?
4. Muscle Tissue
Number 5
• Normal blood pressure for an adult:
5. BP of 120/80
Number 6
• Most common type of sports injury is…
6. Sprain or Strain
Number 7
• Name a specific type of heat illness.
7. Heatstroke
• Benjamin Poole, Royal Marine, 26– After 3 weeks of day and night
exercises, went on punishment run– 55-lb pack, 18 miles, 2.5mph, 7hr
max– Dead of heatstroke
Number 8
What ingredients are found in an ideal sports drink?
8. Electrolytes
Number 9
• What is the ACL and where is it found?
9. Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Knee
Number 10
• Who is Stephen Strasburg and what body part did he have surgery on?
10. RH Nationals Pitcher, elbow
• “Tommy John” ulnar collateral ligament
Number 11
• What is the difference between a sprain and a strain?
11. Muscle-bone(tendon) vs. bone-bone (ligament)
Number 12
• Define Contusion
12. Bruise
Number 13
• Why is the statement “Don’t hit with your head down” important, and what sport does it pertain to?
13. The only case where shouldn’t use your head… , football
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1d2rz4rt5o
• $75,000 fine
Number 14
• How did Gatorade get its name?
14. Florida Gators
• 1966 – Florida Gators• Coach Ray Graves and
the Orange Bowl• Kansas City Chiefs• 1983 – Official NFL
sports drink
Number 15
• What body movement do the hamstring muscle perform?
15. knee flexion and hip extension
Number 16
• What major league baseball player recently recorded his 3000th career hit?
16. Jeter
Number 17
• What does RICE stand for?
17. Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate
• Recommended for immediate treatment of soft tissue injuries
Number 18
• In general who has the higher percent body fat, men or women? What are the ideal ranges?
18. Women; W:19-26, M:10-20
Number 19
• What bone is fractured in a boxer’s fracture?
19. second and/or third metacarpal transverse neck fracture
Number 20
• How many chambers does the human heart contain?
20. Four