Injury in humans
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An injury is damage to a biological organism. An injury is caused by physical harm.[1][dead link]
Classification
By ultimate cause
By modality
- Traumatic injury, a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical collision or movement[2]
- Other injuries from external physical causes, such as radiation poisoning, burn, or frostbite
- Injury from toxin or as adverse effect of a pharmaceutical drug
By location
- Wound, an injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.
- Brain injury
- Spinal cord injury
- Nerve injury
- Soft tissue injury
- Cell damage, including direct DNA damage
By activity
References
- ^ http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/injuries.html
- ^ "Trauma". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, LLC. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-31.