Glowacki & Sommers (RCIS) Actual
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1. Myocardial Contusion - ANSWER Contusion of the heart
2. Cerebral Cortical Contusion - ANSWER A bruising and bleeding on the
brain's surface from traumatically injured cortical vessels; generally but not
always associated with LOC.
3. Coup Contusion - ANSWER Occurs at the point of impact, produced by
deformation and inbending of bone at the point of impact.
4. Contrecoup Contusion - ANSWER A contusion occurring distant from
the site of impact by transmitted force; occurs predominately in the frontal
and temporal lobes.
5. Contusion of Spinal Cord - ANSWER Organic injury to the cord due to a
blow to the vertebral column, with resultant transient or prolonged
dysfunction below the level of the lesion.
6. Concussion of Spinal Cord - ANSWER Contusion of Spinal Cord
,7. Cranium - ANSWER The skeleton of the head and includes all the bones
of the head except the mandible or the eight bones which form the calvaria
that lodges the brain.
8. Cystic Duct - ANSWER The passage connecting the neck of the
gallbladder and the common bile duct, also called duct of gallbladder.
9. Decerebration - ANSWER A type of abnormal motor movement
reflecting brainstem dysfunction, seen in some comatose patients and
characterized by abnormal rigid extension of the extremities.
10.Posturing - ANSWER Decerebration/Decortification
11.Decortification - ANSWER A type of abnormal motor movement
reflecting cerebral dysfunction, see in some comatose patients and
characterized by abnormal flexion of the upper extremities.
12.Deviated Trachea - ANSWER Usually means one lung is overexpanded or
the other lung has collapsed
13.Diaphragm - ANSWER The musculomembranous portion separating the
abdominal and thoracic cavities and serving as a major respiratory muscle.
14.Diaphyseal - ANSWER Pertaining to or affecting the shaft of a long bone.
,15.Diastasis - ANSWER A form of dislocation in which there is separation of
two bones normally attached to each other without the existence of a true
joint, as in separation of the pubic symphysis.
16.Dissecting - ANSWER To slip between tissue layers, separating the layers
instead of destroying them.
17.Distal - ANSWER A comparative term indicating a point, structure or
location further from the root or attachment point.
18.Duodenum - ANSWER The first or proximal portion of the small
intestine, extending from the pylorus to the jejunum.
19.Dura - ANSWER Outmost, toughest and most fibrous of the three
membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
20.Edema - ANSWER Presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the
body tissue.
21.Epiphysis - ANSWER The terminal ends of long bones.
22.Esophagus - ANSWER The upper part of the alimentary tract extending
from the pharynx to the stomach.
, 23.Falx - ANSWER A general anatomical term for sickle-shaped organ or
structure.
24.Falx Cerebelli - ANSWER The small fold of dura mater in the midline of
the posterior cranial fossa, projecting forward toward the vermis of the
cerebellum
25.Falx Cerebri - ANSWER The sickle-shaped fold of dura mater that
extends downward in the longitudinal cerebral fissues and separates the
two cerebral hemispheres.
26.Flank - ANSWER The fleshy part of the side between the ribs and the
hip.
27.Fossa - ANSWER A trench or channel; a general term for a hollow or
depressed area.
28.Cerebellar Fossa - ANSWER Either a pair of depressions in the occipital
bone posterior to the foramen mangnum, separated form one another by
the internal occipital crest, that lodge the hemispheres of the cerebellum.
29.Cerebral Fossa - ANSWER Either of a pair of depressions in the occipital
bone, posterior to the cerebellar fossae, that house the occipital lobes of
the cerebrum.
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1. Myocardial Contusion - ANSWER Contusion of the heart
2. Cerebral Cortical Contusion - ANSWER A bruising and bleeding on the
brain's surface from traumatically injured cortical vessels; generally but not
always associated with LOC.
3. Coup Contusion - ANSWER Occurs at the point of impact, produced by
deformation and inbending of bone at the point of impact.
4. Contrecoup Contusion - ANSWER A contusion occurring distant from
the site of impact by transmitted force; occurs predominately in the frontal
and temporal lobes.
5. Contusion of Spinal Cord - ANSWER Organic injury to the cord due to a
blow to the vertebral column, with resultant transient or prolonged
dysfunction below the level of the lesion.
6. Concussion of Spinal Cord - ANSWER Contusion of Spinal Cord
,7. Cranium - ANSWER The skeleton of the head and includes all the bones
of the head except the mandible or the eight bones which form the calvaria
that lodges the brain.
8. Cystic Duct - ANSWER The passage connecting the neck of the
gallbladder and the common bile duct, also called duct of gallbladder.
9. Decerebration - ANSWER A type of abnormal motor movement
reflecting brainstem dysfunction, seen in some comatose patients and
characterized by abnormal rigid extension of the extremities.
10.Posturing - ANSWER Decerebration/Decortification
11.Decortification - ANSWER A type of abnormal motor movement
reflecting cerebral dysfunction, see in some comatose patients and
characterized by abnormal flexion of the upper extremities.
12.Deviated Trachea - ANSWER Usually means one lung is overexpanded or
the other lung has collapsed
13.Diaphragm - ANSWER The musculomembranous portion separating the
abdominal and thoracic cavities and serving as a major respiratory muscle.
14.Diaphyseal - ANSWER Pertaining to or affecting the shaft of a long bone.
,15.Diastasis - ANSWER A form of dislocation in which there is separation of
two bones normally attached to each other without the existence of a true
joint, as in separation of the pubic symphysis.
16.Dissecting - ANSWER To slip between tissue layers, separating the layers
instead of destroying them.
17.Distal - ANSWER A comparative term indicating a point, structure or
location further from the root or attachment point.
18.Duodenum - ANSWER The first or proximal portion of the small
intestine, extending from the pylorus to the jejunum.
19.Dura - ANSWER Outmost, toughest and most fibrous of the three
membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
20.Edema - ANSWER Presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the
body tissue.
21.Epiphysis - ANSWER The terminal ends of long bones.
22.Esophagus - ANSWER The upper part of the alimentary tract extending
from the pharynx to the stomach.
, 23.Falx - ANSWER A general anatomical term for sickle-shaped organ or
structure.
24.Falx Cerebelli - ANSWER The small fold of dura mater in the midline of
the posterior cranial fossa, projecting forward toward the vermis of the
cerebellum
25.Falx Cerebri - ANSWER The sickle-shaped fold of dura mater that
extends downward in the longitudinal cerebral fissues and separates the
two cerebral hemispheres.
26.Flank - ANSWER The fleshy part of the side between the ribs and the
hip.
27.Fossa - ANSWER A trench or channel; a general term for a hollow or
depressed area.
28.Cerebellar Fossa - ANSWER Either a pair of depressions in the occipital
bone posterior to the foramen mangnum, separated form one another by
the internal occipital crest, that lodge the hemispheres of the cerebellum.
29.Cerebral Fossa - ANSWER Either of a pair of depressions in the occipital
bone, posterior to the cerebellar fossae, that house the occipital lobes of
the cerebrum.
