3.19.14 SDL9 Trauma lab

Question 1

Unconscious falls typically affect frontal or occipital lobe?

Answer 1

Frontal lobe (fall forward)

Question 2

Conscious falls typically affect frontal or occipital lobe?

Answer 2

Occipital lobe (falling off a ladder)

Question 3

What are the long-term effects of repeated concussions (football players)?

Answer 3

Cronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)

Question 4

What are the immunohistochemical findings of concussions?

Answer 4

Beta-amyloid precursor protein (Beta-APP)

Question 5

Where are contusions most likely to occur?

Answer 5

Areas in close contact with irregular bones:
Basal aspects of frontal lobes
Temporal poles
Anterior brain stem

Question 6

Anosmia is a consequence of…

Answer 6

Basal frontal lobe contusions

Question 7

What is the rough shape of an infarct on gross cross section?

Answer 7

Triangular

Question 8

What is a contrecoup injury?

Answer 8

Injury on the side of the brain opposite to impact

Question 9

Diffuse axonal injury and petechial hemorrhages are typical of what type of trauma?

Answer 9

Shaking or angular acceleration

Pulls and tears at the parenchyma and capillaries

Question 10

Epidural hematomas are most commonly found in association with what vessels?

Answer 10

Middle meningeal artery

Question 11

Subdural hematomas are most commonly found in association with what vessels?

Answer 11

Bridging veins

Question 12

Epidural hematomas are characterized by a loss of consciousness followed by a period of asymptomatic consciousness known as the…

Answer 12

Lucid interval

Question 13

Subdural hematomas are most common in what types of patients?

Answer 13

Elderly or anybody with atrophy (alcoholics, neurodegenerative diseases).