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INDEX
GLOSSARY
certified (SUR-tuh-fyed)
officially
approved to be able to do a job, usually after
passing a test
ligaments (LIG-uh-muhntz)
thick bands of
tissue that connect one bone to another bone
medical practice (MED-uh-kuhl PRAK-
tuhss)
the business or work of a doctor
orthopedic surgeons (or-thuh-PEE-dik
SUR-juhnz)
doctors who perform operations
to repair injuries to muscles, bones, and joints
physiology (fih-zee-AH-luh-jee)
the study
of the activities of the body’s tissues and cells
rehabilitation (ree-huh-bi-luh-TAY-
shuhn)
special activities, exercises, or other
programs that return an athlete to normal
health after an injury
splints (SPLINTZ)
pieces of wood, plastic,
or metal used to prevent movement of a joint
or to support an injured arm or leg
sprained (SPRAYND)
stretched or tore a
ligament
strained (STRAYND)
stretched or tore a
muscle or tendon
art, 7
athletes, professional, 21, 22,
23, 25, 28
engineering, 19
exercise, 16, 19, 26, 27
injuries, 24
preventing, 14–15, 23
treating, 12, 15–16,
25, 27
math, 23
orthopedic surgeons, 18, 19, 28
rehabilitation, 5, 16, 19, 27
science, 9, 10, 13
sports medicine, 6–7
sports medicine doctors
education and training,
8–13, 21
future of, 24–29
retirement, 20
salary, 28
tools and equipment, 27
what they do, 14–19
where they work, 16–17
who they work with, 5–6, 21
technology, 27
