CLASSIFICATIONS OF INJURIES

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 may be a normal state as in certain forms of cartilage, or as a result of disease or injury

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

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

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

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

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

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

Myositis ossificans – inflammation of muscle with formation of the bone

Myositis – inflammation of muscle tissue

Necrosis – death of tissue or cells Open wound – a wound of injury

involving a break in the skin Osgood schlatters – osteochondrosis

of the tuberosity of the tibia, seen especially in adolescents (inflammation of both bone and cartilage

Osteochondritis dissecans – a joint characterized by partial or complete detachment of a fragment or articular cartilage and underlying bone

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

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

Tendinitis – inflammation of a tendon or musculoskeletal junction

Tenosynovitis – inflammation of a tendon and its sheath

Trauma – wound or injury