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    This document defines common medical terminology for injuries including abrasions, amputations, avulsions, closed and greenstick fractures, contusions, ecchymoses, hematomas, lacerations, sprains, and whiplash. It describes abrasions as scraped skin, amputations as limb removal, avulsions as torn skin and tissues, closed fractures as breaks without skin penetration, contusions as bruises from direct blows, ecchymoses as bleeding under the skin, fractures as bone cracks or breaks, greenstick fractures as partial bone breaks, hematomas as pooled blood, lacerations as deep skin cuts, sprains as ligament tears, and whiplash as neck injuries from head jerking

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    This document defines common medical terminology for injuries including abrasions, amputations, avulsions, closed and greenstick fractures, contusions, ecchymoses, hematomas, lacerations, sprains, and whiplash. It describes abrasions as scraped skin, amputations as limb removal, avulsions as torn skin and tissues, closed fractures as breaks without skin penetration, contusions as bruises from direct blows, ecchymoses as bleeding under the skin, fractures as bone cracks or breaks, greenstick fractures as partial bone breaks, hematomas as pooled blood, lacerations as deep skin cuts, sprains as ligament tears, and whiplash as neck injuries from head jerking

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    Terminology For Common Injuries: in Muscles and Other Body Tissues

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    Terminology for Common Injuries 

    Abrasion:​ the wearing away of something, as happens to skin when it gets scraped. 

    Amputation:​ Removal of a limb. 

    Avulsion:​ skin and deeper tissues are cut or torn away. 

    Closed fracture:​ a fracture that doesn't break the skin. 

    Contusion:​ a bruise caused by a direct blow, which may cause swelling and bleeding 
    in muscles and other body tissues. 

    Ecchymosis:​ discoloration of the skin, resulting from bleeding underneath. 

    Fracture:​ a crack, break, or shattering of the bone. 

    Greenstick fracture:​ a partial break in which one side of the bone is broken and the 
    other side bends (this fracture resembles what would happen if you tried to break a 
    green stick). 

    Hematoma:​ a bleeding or pooling of blood in an organ or other area of the body, 


    usually because of a broken blood vessel. 

    Laceration:​ a cut in the skin that is usually deep enough to require stitches. 

    Sprain:​ a stretch or tear of a ligament, the tissue that supports and strengthens 
    joints by connecting bones and cartilage. 

    Whiplash:​ an injury to the neck caused by an abrupt jerking motion of the head. 

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