Head Injuries
An alteration in brain function or other evidence of brain pathology caused by an external force.
What is a traumatic brain injury?
This vertebral injury occurs with the initial mechanical trauma and immediate tissue destruction.
What is a primary spinal cord injury?
The temporary loss of spinal cord functions below the lesion.
Episodic disorder characterized by headache lasting 4 to 72 hours that is usually found in women 25 to 55 years old.
What is a migraine?
"Brain Blast" was a catchphrase used by this popular 11-year-old boy-genius on Nickelodeon whenever he figured out a solution to a difficult problem he was facing.
Who is Jimmy Neutron?
What is an open brain injury?
A single break usually affecting transverse or spinous processes characterizes this classification of vertebral injuries.
What is a simple fracture?
This form of shock is caused by the absence of sympathetic activity through loss of supraspinal control and unopposed parasympathetic tone mediated by the intact vagus nerve.
What is neurogenic shock?
This head syndrome occurs in clusters (min to hrs) for a period of days followed by a long period of remission and is usually men between 20 to 50 years old.
What is a cluster headache?
This protagonist of this record breaking anime and manga series "Demon Slayer" is known for using headbutts whenever he finds himself in a tricky situation fighting against his enemies.
Who is Tanjiro Kamado?
Loss of consciousness for 30 minutes to 6 hours and confusion with amnesia longer than 24 hours characterize this category of traumatic brain injuries.
What is a moderate TBI?
Swelling of this region in the spinal cord may be life-threatening because cardiovascular and respiratory control functions can be lost.
What is the cervical region (C1-C4)?
A syndrome of sudden, massive reflex sympathetic discharge associated with spinal cord injury at level T6 or above
What is autonomic hyperreflexia?
The most common recurrent headache that is characterized by mild to moderate bilateral headache with sensation of a tight band or pressure around the head with gradual onset of pain. They occur in episodes and may last for several hours or several days.
What is tension-type headache?
This famous cartoon character is reported to amassed $1,525,500 in medical bills for the amount of brain damage he has received over the past 30 years. Whenever receiving a bonk to the noggin he will typically scream "D'OH!"
Who is Homer Simpson?
Bleeding between the dura mater and the skull
What is an epidural (extradural) hematoma?
This mechanism of vertebral injury is defined by a sudden and excessive force that propels the neck forward or causes an exaggerated lateral movement of neck to one side.
What is a hyperflexion?
Loss of motor function including quadriplegia with injuries of cervical spinal cord and paraplegia with injuries of thoracic spinal cord characterize this stage of spinal shock.
What is complete spinal cord transection?
This clinical phase of a migraine attack is characterized by irritability, fatigue, or depression and may take hours or days to resolve.
What is the recovery phase?
This Oscar award winning actor played Bennet Omalu in the 2015 film "Concussion" which chronicled Omalu's fight against the NFL to bring more attention to the impact of chronic traumatic encephalopathy on football players.
Who is Will Smith?