backboards

Court glass panels

Backboards are the vertical boards behind basketball hoops, off which shots can be banked into the basket.

The term also refers to flat boards used to immobilize patients with potential spinal injuries during transport: Paramedics strapped him to a backboard before moving him.

basketball

rim

Circular outer boundary

  • glassTransparent solid from sand
  • courtTrial venue or sports surface
  • dunkBriefly submerge in liquid

swish · alley-oop · layup · block · bank shot · shattered · square · fiberglass · acrylic · regulation

medical

spine

Column of vertebrae

trauma · emergency · C-spine · extrication · EMS · patient transport · rigid · restraints · first responders · ambulance

Categories
Opposites
basketball equipment components

backboardsnets

Mesh devices for catching

mesh · hoops · rims · baskets · goals

spinal support rigidity

backboardsstretchers

Frames for carrying casualties

mattresses · cushions · soft surfaces · padding · foam pads

Family

backboard

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G