Injuries to the Head and Spine Flash Cards

 
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What part of the spine is most often injured? CERVICAL AND LUMBAR 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
Brain injuries can be classified as? DIRECT OR INDIRECT 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
In the coccyx, or tailbone? 4 COCCYGEAL 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
Lower back 5 SACRAL 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
Mid back? 5 LUMBAR 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
To which the ribs attach? 12 THORACIC 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
In the neck? 7 CERVICAL 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
How many bones is the spine made up of? 33 IRREGULAR BONES 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
How many irregular shaped bones form the face? 14 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
The portion of the skull that encloses the brain? THE CRANIUM 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
What is considered the master organ of life? THE BRAIN 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
Heartbeat, breathing, control of the diameter of your vessels, control of the round sphincter muscles closing your bladder and bowel, and digestions are all examples of what? INVOLUNTARY FUNCTIONS 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
Messages from the brain to the muscles are carried by? MOTOR NERVES 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
Messages from the body to the brain are carried by? SENSORY NERVES 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
The bones of the spinal column? VERTEBRAE 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
The movable joint formed between the mandible and the temporal bone, also called TMJ? TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
Bone that forms part of the side of the skull and floor of the cranial cavity? TEMPORAL BONE 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
The bony bump on a vertebra? SPINOUS PROCESS 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
The nerves that enter and exit the spinal cord between the vertebrae and the 12 pairs of cranial nerves that travel between the brain and organs without passing through the spinal cord, and all of the body's other motor and sensory nerves? PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
The bony structures around the eyes? ORBITS 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
Provides overall control of thought, sensation, and the voluntary and involuntary motor functions of the body? NERVOUS SYSTEM 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
The bones that form the upper third, bridge, of the nose? NASAL BONES 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
The two fused bones forming the upper jaw? MAXILLAE 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
The lower jaw bone? MANDIBLE 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
The cheek bone, also called the zygomatic bone? MALAR 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
In brain injuries, a cut to the brain? LACERATION 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
In a head injury, a collection of blood within the skull or brain? HEMATOMA 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
The bony structure making up the forehead, top, back, and upper sided of the skull? CRANIUM 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
In brain injuries, a bruised brain caused when the force of a blow to the head is great enough to rupture blood vessels? CONTUSION 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
Mild closed head injury without detectable damage to the brain. Complete recovery is usually expected? CONSUSSION 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
The fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord? CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF) 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
The brain and the spinal cord? CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history
Controls involuntary functions? AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:45 GMT view revision history

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