Mod 8

Question 1

anterior nosebleed

Answer 1

blood comes from the wall between the two nostrils.

Question 2

Battle sign

Answer 2

is a bruise that indicates a fracture at the bottom of the skull

Question 3

cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 3

clear watery fluid which fills the space between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater.

Question 4

concussion

Answer 4

is a traumatic brain injury that affects your brain function.

Question 5

coup-contrecoup

Answer 5

injury occurs under the site of impact with an object, and a contrecoup injury occurs on the side opposite the area that was hit. C

Question 6

diffuse axonal

Answer 6

injury is the shearing (tearing) of the brain’s long connecting nerve fibers (axons) that happens when the brain is injured as it shifts and rotates inside the bony skull

Question 7

paraplegia

Answer 7

paralysis of the legs and lower body, typically caused by spinal injury or disease.

Question 8

posterior nosebleed

Answer 8

When the tissue at the back of your nose in your nasal cavity is damaged and bleeds

Question 9

quadriplegia

Answer 9

is paralysis caused by illness or injury that results in the partial or total loss of use of all four limbs and torso; paraplegia is similar but does not affect the arms.

Question 10

skull fracture

Answer 10

break in a bone surrounding the brain

Question 11

vertebrae

Answer 11

each of the series of small bones forming the backbone, having several projections for articulation and muscle attachment, and a hole through which the spinal cord passes.

Question 12

closed abdominal injury

Answer 12

Blunt or penetrating injuries may cut or rupture abdominal organs and/or blood vessels.

Question 13

closed chest injury

Answer 13

Of late, considerable interest and success in the treatment of certain lesions of this type involving the heart and great vessels have tended to enhance the significance of this pattern of injury.

Question 14

flail chest

Answer 14

life-threatening medical condition that occurs when a segment of the rib cage breaks due to trauma and becomes detached from the rest of the chest wall.

Question 15

open abdominal injury

Answer 15

Signs and symptoms include abdominal pain, tenderness, rigidity, and bruising of the external abdomen. Complications may include blood loss and infection

Question 16

open chest injury

Answer 16

An open pneumothorax occurs when there is open communication between the environment and the pleural cavity through the chest wall.

Question 17

paradoxical movement

Answer 17

breathing reverses this pattern, which means that during inspiration, the chest contracts, and during expiration, it expands.

Question 18

pneumothorax

Answer 18

collapsed lung

Question 19

protruding organ injury

Answer 19

when an organ is visible

Question 20

sucking chest wound

Answer 20

is a hole in the chest (from a gunshot wound, stabbing or another puncture wound) that makes a new pathway for air to travel into the chest cavity. When the chest cavity is expanded in order to inhale, air not only goes into the mouth and nose like normal, it also goes into the hole.