Mechanism of Injury
This occurs when kinetic energy forces, but not an object, enter the body and damage tissue.
What is blunt trauma?
Microscopic vessels that are only large enough for red blood cells to path through in a single file are called this.
What are capillaries?
This is the most internal layer of the skin.
What is subcutaneous tissue?
This is the difference between the flow of an electron from a point of high concentration to a point of low concentration.
What is voltage?
This is the outermost covering of the brain.
What is the dura mater?
This is the result of a compression force on the cervical spine.
What is axial loading?
This type of shock occurs when the cells are so badly injured that organs are no longer able to function normally.
What is irreversible shock?
Muscles are connected to the bones by this.
What are tendons?
This is another word for fat.
What is adipose?
This is produced because central nervous system capillary walls are thicker, more complete, and not as permeable as those found elsewhere in the body.
What is the blood brain barrier?
Trauma to this body part has the highest mortality rate.
What is the head?
This is the volume of blood ejected from the heart with each beat.
What is stroke volume?
This is the body's main structural protein.
What is collagen?
This identifies 11 topographical adult body regions, each of which approximates 9% of the patient's body surface area.
What is the rule of nines?
The respiratory center is located here.
Where is the medulla oblongata?
This type of blast injuries is caused by projectiles.
What is secondary blast injuries?
These vessels contain about 64% of the blood volume in the body.
What are veins?
This is the most serious complication of an open wound.
What is hemorrhage?
This type of burn involves the epidermis and the dermis and produces pain, edema, redness, and blisters.
What is a full thickness burn?
This is how many bones are in the spinal column.
What is 33?
The study of projectiles in motion and their effects on objects they impact is called this.
What is ballistics?
What are erythrocytes?
This is the body's ability to stop most bleeding on its own.
What is hemostasis?
A superficial burn can also be called this.
What is a 1st degree burn?
Bleeding between the dura mater and the subarachnoid space is called this.
What is a subdural hematoma?