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A child fell off an electric scooter; the lip shows a tear through the soft tissue. This type of soft-tissue injury is a:
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Correct answer: A. Laceration
- A. Correct. A laceration is a tear/cut through the skin or mucosa, as in the split lip.
- B. An abrasion is a superficial scraping of the surface (skin rubbed off).
- C. A contusion is a bruise from blunt trauma without breaking the surface.
- D. An avulsion is complete tearing away of tissue (or a tooth from its socket).