4N051 SSgt WAPS - Full SKT(Definitions) questions with correct answers
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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