Head Bangers
What is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?
This part extends into the gums and provides nutrients to the tooth.
What is the root?
This is the "white part" of the anterior eye.
What is the sclera?
This is commonly called swimmer's ear.
What is otitis externa?
The layman term is "the jaw".
What is the mandible?
Injury to the same side as the trauma.
Broken tooth.
What is a fractured tooth?
This is swelling of the thin mucous covering of the sclera and results in crusty discharge.
What is conjunctivitis?
You shouldn't put this white tipped stick in your ear.
What is a Q-tip or cotton tipped applicator?
This bone is in the front of the skull and beneath the skin of your forehead.
What is the frontal bone?
Injury opposite the side of trauma.
What is contre coup?
Tooth out of the socket.
What is a tooth avulsion?
Clogged tear duct/s cause this.
What is a Stye?
Treated by draining the ear and avoiding trauma to the external ear.
What is cauliflower ear?
This is commonly called the cheek bone.
What is the zygomatic bone?
What is Bennett?
"Break in the bone over the bride of the nose".
What is a nasal fracture?
Commonly called a "black eye".
What is an orbital hematoma?
This can be caused by barotruama, head injury, slap to the ear and sudden loud noises.
What is a ruptured tympanic membrane?
This large bone forms the back of your skull.
This is when a patient is tested for CTE.
What is death?
This must be drained immediately when found and packing is placed inside the nose.
What is a septal hematoma?
Symptoms include inability to see and "having a curtain coming down over the eye".
What is a detached retina?
If this stays ruptures, you may lose your hearing.
What is the tympanic membrane?
This bone forms the later sides of the skull.
What is the temporal bone?