Concussions

Question 1

cranium

Answer 1

bones that form the head

Question 2

coup

Answer 2

a notable or successful stroke or move

Question 3

contrecoup

Answer 3

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

Question 4

sign

Answer 4

objective findings that can be seen or measured.

Question 5

symptom

Answer 5

Something that a person feels or experiences that may indicate that they have a disease or condition

Question 6

amnesia

Answer 6

memory loss

Question 7

photophobia

Answer 7

abnormal sensitivity to light, especially in the eyes

Question 8

phonophobia

Answer 8

a persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of sound.

Question 9

tinnitus

Answer 9

the perception of sound that does not have an external source, so other people cannot hear it

Question 10

concussion

Answer 10

most common head injury

Question 11

Battles’s Sign

Answer 11

bruising behind the ear, and signs of a skull fracture

Question 12

Glasgow coma scale

Answer 12

Scale to assist consciences

Question 13

epidural hematoma

Answer 13

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

Question 14

LOC

Answer 14

Loss of conscience

Question 15

concussion

Answer 15

a type of traumatic brain injury—or TBI—caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth.

Question 16

retrograde amnesia

Answer 16

form of memory loss that causes an inability to remember events from the past.

Question 17

anterograde amnesia

Answer 17

a type of memory loss that occurs when you can’t form new memories

Question 18

second impact syndrome

Answer 18

SIS, any two events involving head trauma

Question 19

nausea

Answer 19

the sensation of having to vomit or having the urge to vomit.

Question 20

% of concussions that result in LOC

Answer 20

less than 10%