Neck Injury:

Terms Related to Neck Injury

• Back Injury

  General or unspecified injuries to the posterior part of the trunk. It includes injuries to the muscles of the back.

• Facial Injury

  General or unspecified injuries to the soft tissue or bony portions of the face.

• Cranial Nerve Injury

  Dysfunction of one or more cranial nerves causally related to a traumatic injury. Penetrating and nonpenetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; NECK INJURIES; and trauma to the facial ...

• Soft Tissue Injury

  Injuries of tissue other than bone. The concept is usually general and does not customarily refer to internal organs or viscera. It is meaningful with ...

• Retropharyngeal Abscess

  A soft tissue infection of the throat with entry usually by the pharynx but sometimes as an extension of a lateral neck infection resulting from ...

• Traumatic Cranial Neuropathy

  Dysfunction of one or more cranial nerves causally related to a traumatic injury. Penetrating and nonpenetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; NECK INJURIES; and trauma to the facial ...

• Carotid Artery Injury

  Blunt and penetrating traumatic injuries of the common, internal, or external carotid arteries which may result from CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; THORACIC INJURIES; and NECK INJURIES. Damage ...