Book Vocabulary Flashcards
Autonomic Dysreflexia
A life threatening emergency in patients with a spinal cord injury that causes hypertensive emergencies.
Complete spinal cord Lesion
A condition in which there is total loss of sensation and voluntary muscle control below the lesion on the spinal cord
Concussion
A temporary loss of neurological function with no apparent structural damage to the brain
Contusion
Bruising of the brain surface
Incomplete spinal cord lesion
A condition in which there are is preservation of the sensory or motor fibers below the lesion
Paraplegia
Paralysis of the lower extremities with dysfunction of the bowel and bladder from a lesion in the lumbar, thoracic, or sacral regions of the spinal cord
Primary injury
Initial damage to the brain that results from the traumatic event
Secondary injury
A insult to the brain subsequent to the original traumatic event
Spinal Cord Injury
An injury to the spinal cord, vertebral column, caused by trauma
Tetraplegia
Varying degrees of paralysis of both arms and legs. Includes dysfunction of bowel and bladder from a lesion of the cervical region of spinal cord.
Transection
Severing of the spinal cord. Transection can be complete, or incomplete.
Traumatic Brain Injury
An injury to the skill or brain that is severe enough to interfere with normal functioning.
Traumatic Brain Injury Closed
Occurs when the head accelerates and then rapidly decelerates or collides with another object and brain tissue is damaged. In this, there is no opening through the skull and dura
Traumatic Brain Injury Open
Occurs when an object penetrates the skul, enters the brain, and damages soft brain tissue in its path. Or, it occurs when blunt trauma is so severe that it opens the scalp, skull, and dura thus exposing the brain.
