sports med: injury terms

Contusion - bruise

Hematoma - larger contusion, fluid or blood that pulls within a tissue space, compartment or organ

Laceration - injury that results from a tear in the skin

Abrasion - layers of skin that are torn loose or totally removed

Avulsion - injury in which layers of the skin are torn off and only a flap of skin remains

Puncture - injury cuased by sharp object penetrating skin

Strain - a muscle injury caused by the twisiting or pulling of a muscle

Sprain - an overstretching or tearing of ligament due to a fall, sudden twist or blow to the body that forces a joint out of its normal position

Tendonitis - inflammation of a tendon due to repetitive overuse

Bursitis - inflammation of the bursa

Dislocation - the displacement of any bone from its normal position

Subluxation - an incomplete or partial disclocation of incomplete of a joint

Closed Fracture - simple fracture when a bone completely or incompletely breaks but ends of bone not piercing skin

Open Fracture - compound fracture; a fracture that results in the fractured end penetrating the skin

Greenstick Fracture - an imcomplete break in the shaft of the bone; only occurs in children

Comminuted Fracture - when a bone shatters into many pieces

Epiphyseal Plate Fracture - growth plate fracture; a break in the bone at the growth plate

Avulsion Fracture - when ligament or tendon pulls away chip out of main portion of bone