BRAIN ANATOMY
personality and high executive functions; planning, decision making,etc.
Frontal lobe
This type of brain injury occurs when the brain hits the inside of the skull due to sudden acceleration or deceleration, causing bleeding or bruising.
Contusion
helps diagnose levels of consciousness
Glasgow Coma Scale
This famous physicist developed groundbreaking theories in spite of being diagnosed with ALS, a degenerative brain disease.
Stephen Hawking
What type of therapy uses specialized equipment to help brain injury patients relearn how to walk and maintain balance?
Physical therapy
Auditory recognition and processing
Temporal Lobe
name of the injury that occurs when the brain bounces against the skull due to a sudden impact or jolt
Concussion
This imaging technique uses a magnetic field and radio waves to create detailed images of the brain.
MRI SCAN
This famous artist suffered from epilepsy and created several famous works inspired by his experiences with seizures.
Vincent van Gogh
This is a therapy to help people with brain injury improve their ability to form words and sentences.
Speech therapy
Helps with walking, coordination and posture
Cerebellum
This type of brain injury is caused by a penetrating injury to the head, such as a gunshot wound, and can result in severe brain damage or death
a traumatic brain injury (TBI)
A common symptom of traumatic brain injury that involves difficulty remembering events
Amnesia
This legendary boxer suffered repeated head injuries throughout his career, which contributed to his development of Parkinson's disease later in life.
Muhammad Ali
Generates Movement
Motor Cortex
injury that occurs when the brain is deprived of oxygen for an extended period
Hypoxic brain injury
Brain degeneration likely caused by repeated head traumas
CTE (CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPOTHY)
Brainstem
name of the injury that occurs when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures or becomes blocked?
Stroke or hemorrhage