EOPA SPORTS MEDICINE PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+2025/2026
✔✔Contusion - ✔✔A bruise to a bone or muscle, caused by an outside force resulting in
tissue damage and internal bleeding.
✔✔Dislocation - ✔✔Complete displacement of a bone from its normal position in a joint.
✔✔Fracture - ✔✔A break or crack in a bone
✔✔Hematoma - ✔✔Swelling composed of blood.
✔✔Incision - ✔✔A cut made surgically with a sharp knife
✔✔Laceration - ✔✔A jagged cut or tear in the skin
✔✔Sprain - ✔✔Stretching or tearing of ligaments
✔✔Strain - ✔✔Stretching or tearing of muscle or tendon
✔✔Subluxation - ✔✔Incomplete or partial dislocation of a joint
✔✔Atrophy - ✔✔Wasting away of organ or tissue. A decrease in muscle or tissue size,
usually caused by disease, injury or loss of function.
✔✔Acute - ✔✔Of sudden onset.
✔✔Chronic - ✔✔Of long duration or frequent recurrence
✔✔Inflammation - ✔✔The body's reaction to injury. Signs and symptoms include
redness, swelling, heat, pain and sometimes loss of function.
✔✔Point Tenderness - ✔✔Pain at the sorest spot of an injury.
✔✔Shock - ✔✔Potentially fatal reaction of the body to injury. Failure of the
cardiovascular system to circulate enough blood to the body.
✔✔Mechanism of Injury - ✔✔The circumstance in which an injury occurs.
✔✔Flexion - ✔✔Bending at a joint or decreasing the angle between two bones
✔✔Extension - ✔✔Straightening a joint or increasing the angle between two bones
✔✔Adduction - ✔✔Moving a body part toward the midline of the body
, ✔✔Abduction - ✔✔Moving a body part away from the midline of the body
✔✔Pronation - ✔✔Turning the palm or sole of the foot downward
✔✔Supination - ✔✔Turning the palm or sole of the foot upward
✔✔Retraction - ✔✔Moving a part backward
✔✔Protraction - ✔✔Moving a part forward
✔✔Elevation - ✔✔Raising a part
✔✔Depression - ✔✔Lowering a part
✔✔Circumduction - ✔✔Tri-planar, circular motion at the hip or shoulder
✔✔External Rotation - ✔✔Rotation of the hip or shoulder away from the midline
✔✔Internal Rotation - ✔✔Rotation of the hip or shoulder toward the midline
✔✔Lateral Flexion - ✔✔Side-bending left or right
✔✔Inversion - ✔✔Turning the sole of the foot inward
✔✔Eversion - ✔✔Turning the sole of the foot outward
✔✔Dorsiflexion - ✔✔Ankle movement bringing the foot toward the shin
✔✔Plantarflexion - ✔✔Ankle movement pointing the foot downward
✔✔Opposition - ✔✔Movement of the thumb across the palm of the hand
✔✔Horizontal Abduction - ✔✔Movement of the hip or shoulder away from the midline in
the horizontal plane
✔✔Horizontal Adduction - ✔✔Movement of the hip or shoulder toward the midline in the
horizontal plane
✔✔Underwrap - ✔✔Protects the skin, but decreases the efficiency of the tape.
✔✔Heel and Lace pads - ✔✔Used under tape to prevent friction, blisters and cuts.
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+2025/2026
✔✔Contusion - ✔✔A bruise to a bone or muscle, caused by an outside force resulting in
tissue damage and internal bleeding.
✔✔Dislocation - ✔✔Complete displacement of a bone from its normal position in a joint.
✔✔Fracture - ✔✔A break or crack in a bone
✔✔Hematoma - ✔✔Swelling composed of blood.
✔✔Incision - ✔✔A cut made surgically with a sharp knife
✔✔Laceration - ✔✔A jagged cut or tear in the skin
✔✔Sprain - ✔✔Stretching or tearing of ligaments
✔✔Strain - ✔✔Stretching or tearing of muscle or tendon
✔✔Subluxation - ✔✔Incomplete or partial dislocation of a joint
✔✔Atrophy - ✔✔Wasting away of organ or tissue. A decrease in muscle or tissue size,
usually caused by disease, injury or loss of function.
✔✔Acute - ✔✔Of sudden onset.
✔✔Chronic - ✔✔Of long duration or frequent recurrence
✔✔Inflammation - ✔✔The body's reaction to injury. Signs and symptoms include
redness, swelling, heat, pain and sometimes loss of function.
✔✔Point Tenderness - ✔✔Pain at the sorest spot of an injury.
✔✔Shock - ✔✔Potentially fatal reaction of the body to injury. Failure of the
cardiovascular system to circulate enough blood to the body.
✔✔Mechanism of Injury - ✔✔The circumstance in which an injury occurs.
✔✔Flexion - ✔✔Bending at a joint or decreasing the angle between two bones
✔✔Extension - ✔✔Straightening a joint or increasing the angle between two bones
✔✔Adduction - ✔✔Moving a body part toward the midline of the body
, ✔✔Abduction - ✔✔Moving a body part away from the midline of the body
✔✔Pronation - ✔✔Turning the palm or sole of the foot downward
✔✔Supination - ✔✔Turning the palm or sole of the foot upward
✔✔Retraction - ✔✔Moving a part backward
✔✔Protraction - ✔✔Moving a part forward
✔✔Elevation - ✔✔Raising a part
✔✔Depression - ✔✔Lowering a part
✔✔Circumduction - ✔✔Tri-planar, circular motion at the hip or shoulder
✔✔External Rotation - ✔✔Rotation of the hip or shoulder away from the midline
✔✔Internal Rotation - ✔✔Rotation of the hip or shoulder toward the midline
✔✔Lateral Flexion - ✔✔Side-bending left or right
✔✔Inversion - ✔✔Turning the sole of the foot inward
✔✔Eversion - ✔✔Turning the sole of the foot outward
✔✔Dorsiflexion - ✔✔Ankle movement bringing the foot toward the shin
✔✔Plantarflexion - ✔✔Ankle movement pointing the foot downward
✔✔Opposition - ✔✔Movement of the thumb across the palm of the hand
✔✔Horizontal Abduction - ✔✔Movement of the hip or shoulder away from the midline in
the horizontal plane
✔✔Horizontal Adduction - ✔✔Movement of the hip or shoulder toward the midline in the
horizontal plane
✔✔Underwrap - ✔✔Protects the skin, but decreases the efficiency of the tape.
✔✔Heel and Lace pads - ✔✔Used under tape to prevent friction, blisters and cuts.
