head and concussion

Question 1

Alert

Answer 1

Awake and responds immediately and appropriately

Question 2

Confused

Answer 2

Impaired memory; disorientation and confusion

Question 3

Lethargic

Answer 3

Drowsy yet easily aroused; oriented to person, place and time

Question 4

Stuporous

Answer 4

Asleep most of the time, difficult to arouse, responds inappropriately

Question 5

Semicomatose

Answer 5

No response to verbal stimuli, some response to painful stimuli

Question 6

Comatose

Answer 6

No response

Question 7

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 7

Length of time from injury until conscious memory returns

Question 8

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 8

Loss of memory of events that occurred before injury

Question 9

Immediate recall

Answer 9

Can recite 4-5 words or numbers after you say them

Question 10

Tinnitus

Answer 10

Ringing in the ears

Question 11

Romberg’s test

Answer 11

Balance testing for intracranial damage

Question 12

Scalp

Answer 12

1. Mobility

2. Highly vascular; 5 layers

Question 13

Skull

Answer 13

1. 2 sections cranium and skull

Question 14

What does the cranium consist of?

Answer 14

Frontal, occipital, sphenoid(2), parietal (2), temporal (2)

Question 15

Landmarks (3)?

Answer 15

External occipital protuberance, mastiod process, brainstem

Question 16

Parts of the brainstem

Answer 16

Medulla, pons, and midbrain

Question 17

What does the cerebellum control

Answer 17

Motor function, balance, and posture

Question 18

What does the cerebrum control?

Answer 18

Voluntary movements, sensory,motor function, and consciousness

Question 19

What is the cerebrospinal fluid and what does it do?

Answer 19

• between arachnoid and pia mater

* suspends brains dn cushions it from shock

Question 20

Levels of the Meninges

Answer 20

Dura mater, arachnoid membrane, subarachnoid space, pia mater

Question 21

What is dura mater?

Answer 21

Dense, inelastic, outermost matter

Question 22

What is the arachnoid membrane?

Answer 22

Thin, delicate membrane

Question 23

What is the subarachnoid space?

Answer 23

In between the arachnoid and the pia mater, helps contain spinal fluid

Question 24

What is the pia mater?

Answer 24

Innermost layer

Question 25

What are the 12 cranial nerves?

Answer 25

Olfactory:smell
Optic:vision
Oculomotor:eye movement
Trochlear: eye movement
Trigeminal:head and face sensations
Abduces:lateral eye movement
Facial:taste, facial movements 
Acoustic:hearing and equilibrium
Glossopharngeal: swallowing
Vagus:speech
Spinal accessory:movement of the neck and shoulders
Hypoglossal:movement of the tongue