Classifications of injuries

1. Classifications of injuries

2. Acute – quick onset, short duration • Adhesion – a sticking together or binding of tissue fibers • Antiseptic – a substance which prevents the growth of bacteria • Avascular – without blood or lympatic vessels. This my be a normal state as in certain forms of cartilage, or as a result of disease or injury

3. Benign – harmless • Bunionette – bony enlargement of lateral side of the head of 5th metatarsal at the metatarsophalangeal joint; associated with an overlying bursa sac and a medial deviation of the 5th phalange • Bursities – inflammation of a bursa • Chrondromalacia – softening of a cartilage • Chronic – of long duration, repeating; in athletes, usually a injury that has not responded to treatment

4. Congenital – existing before or at birth; date from but not necessarily detected at birth • Contusion – a bruise; an injury usually caused by a blow in which the skin is not broken • Crepitus – grating sound produced by the contact of the fractured end of bones • Diagnosis (or evaluation) – the determination of the nature of an injury or disease

5. Dislocation – the displacement of one or more bones of a joint or of any organ from the original position • Ecchymosis – extravasation (escape in to tissues) of blood also the tissue discoloration caused by the extravastion of blood • Edema – swelling as a result of the collection of fluid in the connective tissue • Effusion – escape of the fluid into a cavity

6. Epistaxis – nosebleed • Exostosis – a bengin cartilage, capped protuberance from the surface of long bones, but also seen on flat bones due to chronic irritation as from infection, trauma, or osteoarthritis • Faciitis – inflammation of fascia • Fracture – the breaking of a bone or cartilage

7. Hematoma – a circumscribed extravascular collection of blood, usually clotted, which forms a mass • Hematuria – passing of blood in the urine • Hemorrhage – escaping of blood through ruptured walls of vessels • Hernia – the adnormal protrusion of an organ or a part through the containing wall of its cavity usually the abdominal cavity beyond its normal confines

8. Inflammation – reaction of the body tissue to an irritant • Joint subluxation– partial displacement of the articular surfaces and crepitus there is a first or second degree ligamentous injury • Laceration – a tear, or a wound made by tearing the act of tearing or laceratin • Myositisossificans– inflammation of muscle with formation of the bone • Myositis – inflammation of muscle tissue

9. Necrosis – death of tissue or cells • Open wound – a wound of injury invlving a break in the skin • Osgood schlatters– osteochondrosis of the tuberosity of the tibia, seen especially in adolescents (inflammation of both bone and cartilage • Osteochondritisdissecans– a joint characterized by partial or complete detachment of a fragment or articular cartilage and underlying bone

10. Paralysis – loss of power of voluntary motion • Plantar fasciitis – inflammation at origin of plantar fascia • Separation – injury to a non movable joint • Sprain – a wrenching of a joint producing a stretching or tearing of the ligaments • Spur – an outgrowth of bony tissue into muscles or skin

11. Strain – excessive stretching or overuse of a part as of tendon/muscle • Subacute – relatively acute a stage between acute and chronic after the initial trauma • Subluxation – partial displacement of the articular surfaces • Syndrome – group of typical symptoms or conditions that characterize a deficency or disease

12. Tendinitis – inflammation of a tendon or musculoskeletal junction • Tenosynovitis – inflammation of atendon and its sheath • Trauma – wound or injury