SPRAIN

• a sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments

STRAIN

• to injure (a body part or muscle) by too much tension, use, or effort

DISLOCATION

• displacement of one or more bones at a joint

BURSITIS

• inflammation of a bursa (as of the shoulder or elbow)

TENDONITIS

• medical : a painful condition in which a tendon in your arm, leg, etc., becomes inflamed

CONTUSION

• medical : an injury that usually does not break the skin bruise

ARTHRITIS

• medical : a disease that causes the joints of the body to become swollen and painful

ATROPHY

• medical : gradual loss of muscle or flesh usually because of disease or lack of use

SUBLUXATION

• : partial dislocation (as of one of the bones in a joint)

CONTRACTURE

• : a permanent shortening (as of muscle, tendon, or scar tissue) producing deformity or distortion

LIGAMENT

• : a tough piece of tissue in your body that holds bones together or keeps an organ in place

TENDON

• : a tough piece of tissue in your body that connects a muscle to a bone

MUSCLE

• body tissue that can contract and produce movement

COMMINUTED FRACTURE

GREENSTICK FRACTURE

• greenstick fracture one in which one side of a bone is broken, the other being bent.

SPIRAL FRACTURE

• spiral fracture one in which the bone has been twisted apart.

TRANSVERSE FRACTURE

• Transverse. The break is in a straight line across the bone.

COMPOUND FRACTURE

• is an injury that occurs when there is a break in the skin around a broken bone.

COMPRESSION FRACTURE

• Compression fractures of the back are broken vertebrae. Vertabrae are the bones of the spine.