ABOARD A B737 2 PAX AND THE RPTR; A CABIN ATTENDANT; ARE INJURED DURING TURB ENCOUNTER DURING A DSCNT IN SEARCH OF SMOOTHER AIR.

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WE HAD EXPERIENCED MODERATE TURB FOR ABOUT 45 MINS. COCKPIT CREW WAS IN CONTACT WITH US. WE HAD DONE COMPLIANCE CHKS. THIS IS AN ALL NIGHTER; SO WE HAD AWAKENED PAX TO CHK SEAT BELTS. CREW WAS DSNDING FROM 37000 FT TO FIND 'SMOOTH RIDE.' WE ACTUALLY FELT LIKE THE WORST WAS OVER; SO I GOT UP AND WENT FORWARD TO AFT TO CHK PAX. AT ROW XA; WE HIT SEVERE TURB AND I HIT CEILING OF ACFT. WHEN I FELL; PAX HELD ME ON HIS LAP UNTIL IT WAS OVER. THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBRIS IN AISLE. FLT ATTENDANT #2 CHKED PAX. I WENT FORWARD; CHKING PAX. ALL COAT HANGERS AT ROW XB WERE IN AISLE. ALL GARMENT BAGS WERE THROWN ONTO FLOOR FROM CLOSET. ALL DRINKS/GLASSES WERE ON FLOOR; AND GALLEY AUX TABLE AND INSERTS WERE ON FLOOR. BOTH FIRST CLASS GALLEY AND COACH GALLEY WERE CLEANED UP. EVERYTHING PUT BACK. OXYGEN MASKS IN AFT R-HAND LAVATORY HAD FALLEN. A COUPLE OF PAX HAD HURT THEMSELVES; EYEBROW CUT ON ONE PAX; WHO WAS SITTING IN LAST ROW. ANOTHER COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN. SHE WAS NOT IN SEAT BELT. SHE SAID IT WAS 'BROKEN.' MAINT CHKED IT OUT. IT WORKED FINE. SHE WAS NON-COMPLIANT WITH SEAT BELT SIGN MOST OF FLT ACCORDING TO COACH FLT ATTENDANTS.