CBIS Exam (Graded A+ Already Passed)2023 Verified
- Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 3-8 - correct answer Severe TBI; normal or abnormal structural imaging.
LOC over 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia over 7 days
- Glasgow Coma Scale 9-12 - correct answer Moderate TBI; LOC over 30 minutes but less than 24 hours;
alteration of consciousness over 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia more than 1 day but less than 7 days
- Glasgow Coma Scale 13-15 - correct answer Mild TBI; normal imaging; LOC 0-30 minutes, alteration of
consciousness up to 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia up to 1 day
- 3 parts of neuron - correct answer Cell body
Axon Dendrites
- 2.5 million TBIs - correct answer 53,000 deaths (2%)
284,000 hospitalizations (11%) 2,214,000 ED visits (87%)
- Coup-contrecoup - correct answer When the brain accelerates in one directions, it rebounds in the
opposite direction
- Acquired Brain Injury - correct answer An injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital,
degenerative or induced by birth trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury - correct answer An alteration of brain function or other evidence of brain
pathology caused by an external force
- Incidence - correct answer Rate or range of occurrence
- Prevalence - correct answer Number of people with a given condition at a specific point in time
- What determines the effects of brain injury? - correct answer Injury severity
Age at injury Alcohol misuse Domestic violence Service in military Participation in sports
- Concussion - correct answer Mild TBI caused by bump, blow or jolt to head that can change the way
the brain works (or a fall) Can occur in any sport or recreation activity Memory loss May or may not lose consciousness
- 2.5 million people sustained TBI in 2010 - correct answer
- Brain Stem - correct answer Top of spinal column
Central point for all incoming and outgoing information and basic life functions
- Limbic System - correct answer Emotions and basic feelings
- Frontal Lobe Damage - correct answer Executive function/personality
Lack of control of behaviors, poor short term memory and working memory
- Broca's Area - correct answer Located in lower portion of motor cortex (left frontal-temporal lobe)
Expression- production of speech
- Wernicke's Area - correct answer Located in left temporal parietal area
Receptive- understanding of speech
- Risk of TBI after first injury - correct answer 3x greater for 2nd injury
- Risk of TBI after second injury - correct answer 8x greater for 3rd injury
- Alcohol and TBI - correct answer 37%-51% of brain injuries
22% of drivers aged 15-20 involved in fatal MVAs had been drinking 56% not wearing seat belts
- Neurons - correct answer Communicating cells
- Frontal Lobe - correct answer Primary motor cortex and prefrontal cortex
Planning, organizing, problem solving, judgment, impulse control, decision making, working memory, emotional control, motivation, verbal expression
- Occipital Lobe - correct answer Visual stimuli processing
Brain Injury in Prisons - correct answer 2 million people in prisons have a brain injury not recognized, diagnosed or treated
Female inmates convicted of violent crime are more likely to have sustained a pre crime TBI or other form of physical abuse
Lost Productivity - correct answer Loss of earning potential, payment of taxes and the re-investment of earnings into the economy
Neurogenic Bladder - correct answer Affected cerebral structures that control bladder storage and emptying functions Incontinence
Spasticity - correct answer Increase in muscle tone resulting in abnormal motor patterns Faster stretch = stronger spasm Monitor for sedating effects of meds
Dura Mater - correct answer Outer layer of meninges; heavy covering
Bleed in this area: subdural hematoma
Arachnoid Layer - correct answer 2nd layer of meninges; similar to spider web
Bleed in this area: subdural hematoma
Pia Mater - correct answer 3rd layer of meninges; molds around sulci and gyri of brain
Synapse - correct answer Junction between cells
Action Potential - correct answer Electrical impulse fired
Brain stem areas - correct answer Medulla Pons Midbrain
Cerebellum - correct answer Lower back section of brain Coordinates, modulates and stores all body movement
Occipital Lobes - correct answer Primary visual center Visual cortex connected to eyes by optic nerves