Concussion

Question 1

Cranium

Answer 1

skull

Question 2

Photophobia

Answer 2

sensitivity to light

Question 3

phonophobia

Answer 3

sensitive to noise

Question 4

retrograde amnesia

Answer 4

memory loss

Question 5

anterograde amnesia

Answer 5

hard time remembering words

Question 6

tinnitus

Answer 6

when you experience ringing or other noises in one or both of your ears.

Question 7

battle signs

Answer 7

bruising over the mastoid process

Question 8

epidural hematoma

Answer 8

occurs when blood accumulates between the skull and the dura mater, the thick membrane covering the brain.

Question 9

LOC

Answer 9

loss of consciousness

Question 10

Coup

Question 11

contrecoup

Answer 11

involves a contusion remote from, and classically opposite to, the actual site of impact to the head

Question 12

second impact syndrome

Answer 12

a condition in which an individual experiences a second head injury before completely recovering from a prior head injury

Question 13

battle’s sign

Answer 13

bruising over the mastoid process

Question 14

nausea

Answer 14

feel like you are going to throw up

Question 15

percent of concussions that result on LOC

Answer 15

Less than 10%