Zones of Injury

Question 1

Zone of Coagulation

Answer 1

The area of the brain that received the most severe injury with irreversible cell damage.

Question 2

Zone of Stasis

Answer 2

The area of less severe injury that losses reversible damage and surrounds the zone of Coagulation

Question 3

Zone of Hyperemia

Answer 3

The area surrounding the zone of stasis that presents with inflammation, but will fully recover without any intervention or percent damage.