Facial trauma
Facial Trauma
Facial trauma, also known as maxillofacial trauma, refers to any physical injury to the face. Facial trauma can involve soft tissue injuries such as burns, lacerations, and bruises, or fractures of the facial bones such as nasal fractures and fractures of the jaw, as well as trauma such as eye injuries.
Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪʃəl ˈtrɔːmə/
Etymology: The term "facial" is derived from the Latin word "facies" meaning face, and "trauma" comes from the Greek word "τραῦμα" meaning wound.
Related Terms
- Soft tissue injury: Damage to muscles, ligaments, and tendons throughout the body. Common soft tissue injuries usually occur from a sprain, strain, a one-off blow resulting in a contusion or overuse of a particular part of the body.
- Fracture: A break, usually in a bone. If the broken bone punctures the skin, it is called an open or compound fracture.
- Nasal fracture: A break in a bone in the nose, usually one of the two bones over the bridge of the nose.
- Jaw fracture: A break in the jawbone. Jaw fractures are often caused by a blow to the face and can cause difficulty speaking and eating.
- Eye injury: Any trauma that involves the eye. Eye injuries can range from superficial injuries to the cornea to more serious, life-threatening injuries, such as a ruptured globe, orbital fracture, or optic nerve trauma.
- Burn: A type of injury to skin, or other tissues, caused by heat, cold, electricity, chemicals, friction, or radiation.
- Laceration: A deep cut or tear in skin or flesh.
- Bruise: A type of hematoma of tissue in which capillaries and sometimes venules are damaged by trauma, allowing blood to seep, hemorrhage, or extravasate into the surrounding interstitial tissues.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Facial trauma
- Wikipedia's article - Facial trauma
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