Anterograde (Posttraumatic) Amnesia - correct answer ✅Inability to remember
events after an injury.
Basilar Skull Fractures - correct answer ✅Usually occur following diffuse impact
to the head (such as falls, motor vehicle crashes); generally, result from extension
of a linear fracture to the base of the skull and can be difficult to diagnose with a
radiograph (x-ray).
Battle's Sign - correct answer ✅Bruising behind an ear over the mastoid process
that may indicate a skull fracture.
Cerebral Edema - correct answer ✅Swelling of the brain.
Closed Head Injury - correct answer ✅Injury in which the brain ahs been injured
but the skin has not been broken and there is no obvious bleeding.
Concussion - correct answer ✅A temporary loss or alteration of part of all of the
brain's abilities to function without actual physical damage to the brain.
Connecting Nerves - correct answer ✅Nerves in the spinal cord that connect the
motor and sensory nerves.
Coup-Contrecoup Injury - correct answer ✅Dual impacting of the brain into the
skull; coup injury occurs at the point of impact; Contrecoup injury occurs on the
opposite side of impact, as the brain rebounds.
Distraction - correct answer ✅the action of pulling the spine along its length.
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