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Simple disorders Flashcards

1
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Complications of damage to the middle meningeal artery

A

Extradural haemorrage

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Describe how the middle meningeal artery can be damaged

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Under the pterion which is the weakest part of the bone

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3
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Describe a depressed fracture

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Fragments move inwards

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Describe a counterblow fracture

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Impact at one point of the skull causes fracture at a weaker point

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5
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Describe a burst fracture

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Vertebrae breaks into multiple fragments from impact up the length of the spine

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Describe hangman’s fracture

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Dens process broken off of C1 due to hyperextension

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