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| draws force so it doesn't go to the skull |
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| opening at base of skull for brian and spinal cord? |
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| cerebum, cerebellum, diencephalon, brain stem |
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| frontal, pareital, temporal, occipital lobes |
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| responsibilities of cerebrum: |
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-Cognition, Memory
-motor, sensory, special senses |
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balance and coordination
-smooth synergistic mucscle control |
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| - thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus |
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-process center for conscious, & unconscious imput
-Autonomic nervious system |
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-relays info to and from the centeral nervous system
-control involuntary systems, |
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-outer covering and buffer between skull and brain
-increase in density as move away from brain |
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from brain: -pia matter
-arachnoid
-dura matter |
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-between arachnoid and pia matter
-where cerebral spinal fluid is |
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| functions of cerebrospinal fluid: |
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-Allows CNS to float w/i body
-Provide buffer against external forces to CNS
-Most effective in buffering smaller repetitive forces |
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-20% of Oxygen used at rest
-each degree of body temp requires 7% increase in oxygen |
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| painful stimuli for unconscious athlete: |
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-sternum rub
-pinching finger nails |
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| Stationary skull is struck by high velocity object |
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| Skull is moving striking an immovable object |
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at mastoid process.
Indicates skull fracture |
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| -involuntary cycle movement of eyes |
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-uunequal pupil size
-indicates intarcranial bleeding
-Pressure on CN III |
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| -pupils equal and reactive to light |
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| -skull fracture or nasal fracture |
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| indications of a skull fracture: |
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-raccoon eyes
-bleeding from noes, or ears with or without presence of cerebrospinal fluid |
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questions should progress backward in time
-severity based on amount of memory loss |
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| -have to remember four unrelated items and recall them every five minutes. |
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| Cognitive Function tests: |
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-analytical skills (counting down from 100 by 7)
-information processing- following basic functions |
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| neuropsychological testing: |
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-provides subjective assesent of athletes mental abilities
-Balance and coordination
-impact |
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| Balance &Coordination Tests: |
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-romberg test
-tandem walking
-balance error scoring system |
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| Standard Assessment of Concussion: |
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-cognitive
-memory
-self reporting systems
-analytical skills
-information processing
-cranial nerves |
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-vacant confused blank stare
-delayed verbal and motor responses
-inability to focus attention, irritability
-disorentation, ringing in ears
-slurred or incoherent speech
-gross uncoordination
-heightened emotion
-memory defects
-diff sleeping patterns |
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| Glascow Coma Scale includes: |
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eye opening responses
verbal responses
motor responses |
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| Post-Concussion Syndrome: |
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includes: increased attention span, trouble concentrating, impared memory, irritability, headaches, dizzy, fatigue
Long term syptoms: Balance distruptions, decreased cognitive performance. |
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-having a second concussion before first resolves
-distrupts autoregulation of blood supply to brain, leads to brian edema, and intracranial pressure.
-Semicomatose state due to pressue on nerves
-50% mortality rate |
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rupture of blood vessles supplying the brain
-length of time until onset of symptoms depends on arterial bleeding and venous bleeding location |
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between dura matter and skull.
Usually arterial bleeding.
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-unconcsious?
-disoriented, confused, drowsiness
-headaches that increase
-signs of cranial nerve distruption
-onset of coma
-permanent brain damage, death |
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bleeding between brain and dura matter
-usually venous bleeding, slower onset of symptoms
-more common in sports |
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-initially assymptomatic
-altered levels of consciousness
-impared cognitive, bvehavioral, motor ability
-cranial nerve distruption |
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| Types of skull fractures: |
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| -linear, comminuted, depressed |
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| Spinal Cord damage through: |
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-impingment or laceraton secondary to bony displacement
-compression secondary to hemorrhage, edema, ischemia |
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