Concussion

Question 1

Cranium

Answer 1

skull

Question 2

Coup

Answer 2

means the brain has been injured directly below the point of trauma

Question 3

Contrecoup

Answer 3

a fracture opposite to the point of impact

Question 4

Amnesia

Answer 4

a partial or total loss of memory.

Question 5

photophobia

Answer 5

extreme sensitivity to light.

Question 6

phonophobia

Answer 6

extreme sensitivity to sound

Question 7

tinnitus

Answer 7

ringing in the ear

Question 8

Concussion

Answer 8

mild traumatic brain injury

Question 9

Battle’s Sign

Answer 9

bruising behind ear

Question 10

Glasgow Coma Scale

Answer 10

a clinical scale used to reliably measure a person’s level of consciousness after a brain injury.

Question 11

Epidural Hematoma

Answer 11

an extra-axial collection of blood within the potential space between the outer layer of the dura mater and the inner table of the skull.

Question 12

LOC

Answer 12

Loss Of Consciousness

Question 13

Retrograde Amnesia

Answer 13

type of amnesia is associated with a concussed athlete who is unable to recall events that happened before the injury

Question 14

Anterograde Amnesia

Answer 14

type of amnesia is associated with a concussed athlete who is unable to recall events that happened after the injury

Question 15

Phonophobia

Answer 15

sensitive to sound

Question 16

Photophobia

Answer 16

sensitive to light

Question 17

Percent of concussions that result in LOC

Answer 17

less than 10%