Mechanism of Injuries (Intro)

Caused by a shearing force, scraping off the outer layer of skin, exposing capillaries.

• 
• 
• 
• 

A force that acts on the body (internally or externally)

• Trauma

• Yield Point

• Load

• Dislocation

Injury to a ligament is called a?

• Sprain

• Strain

• Fracture

• Abrasion

Crushing of the tissue causing bleeding under the skin is a description of what injury?

• Puncture

• Incision

• Blister

• Contusion

The largest organ of the body.

• 
• 
• 
• 

Tendon injuries are usually caused by?

• compression force

• shearing force

• Cutting

• repetitive stress

Which are characteristics of muscle?

• Excitability

• Produce heat

• Elasticity

• Movement

• Contractility

Muscle stiffness causes pain.

• True

• False

A fracture caused by forcing the eye back and down into its socket.

• Oblique

• Blow Out

• Compression

• Longitudinal

A fracture caused by a torsional force along the length of the bone.

• Transverse

• Greenstick

• Spiral

• Depressed