Ch 8 The Nervous System: K. Matching Pathological Conditions

cerebral concussion

a brief interruption of brain function, usually with a loss of consciousness lasting a few seconds

depressed skull fracture

a broken segment of the skull thrust into the brain as a result of direct force

epidural hematoma

a collection of arterial blood located about the dura mater and just below the skull

subdural hematoma

a collection of venous blood below the dura mater and above the arachnoid layer of the meninges

spina bifida occulta

a congenital defect of the CNS in which the back portion of one or more vertebrae is not closed

cerebral embolism

fragment of blood clot, fat, bacteria, or tumor that lodges in a cerebral vessel

glioblastoma multiforme

the most rapidly growing glioma, comprising 20% of al intracranial tumors

hydrocephalus

increased amount of CSF in the brain

cerebrovascular accident

neurological deficits resulting from cerebral ischemia to a specific localized are in the brain; stroke

cerebral contusion

small scattered venous hemorrhages in the brain tissue