When Clark’s doctor looks at his CT scans, he sees that Clark’s tendon is pulled off a piece of bone due to a powerful force. What is the MOST accurate way to describe this injury?

An avulsion occurs when a tendon or ligament is pulled with enough force to tear away a small piece of the bone where it attaches. That matches the CT finding, so the injury is an avulsion; a stress fracture develops from repeated loading, while tendonitis is inflammation of a tendon.

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