Injury

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The knee of a patient is examined with help of radiography after an injury. Injury is damage to a biological organism which can be classified on various bases. It is a general term referring to the effects of physical harm.[1]

Contents

1 Classification o 1.1 By ultimate cause o 1.2 By modality o 1.3 By location o 1.4 By activity 2 References 3 See also

Classification
By ultimate cause

Intentional injury o Suicide and self-harm o Violence and war Accidents

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

Sports injury Occupational injury