Regional Injuries + Wounds

Question 1

Types of skull fractures

Answer 1

1) fissured fracture
2) depressed fracture
3) elevated fracture
4) comminuted fracture
5) pond or indented fracture
6) gutter fracture
7) ring or foramen fracture
8) perforating
9) blow out
10) diastatic or sutural
11) expressed fracture

Question 2

Ring or foramen fracture

Answer 2

Fissured fracture that encircles 💀skull in such a way that -ant1/3rd seperated at its jn with middle, posterior 3rd
- term applied to fracture which runs at 3-5cm outside foramen Magnum at back, sides of skull, middle ear ,roof of nose due to which skull seperates from spine

Question 3

Contre coup lesions

Answer 3

Coup /blow impact - injury located beneath the area of impact caused directly by impacting force
Contre coup - lesions present in area opposite to side of impact

Question 4

Whiplash injury

Answer 4

If vehicle hit violently from behind by other vehicle,
Head thrown back - hyper extension
Then comes forward - hyperflexion
# Violent extension- flexion movement cause dislocation of “ Upper cervical spine or lower spine or at C5-6”