Question 1

What does TBI stand for?

Accepted Answer

Traumatic Brain Injury - TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a common cause of TBIs?

Accepted Answer

Increased Intracranial Pressure - ICP is NOT a common cause of TBI

Question 3

Which of the following is not a type of TBI?

Accepted Answer

Compression - "Compression" is  is NOT a type of TBI

Question 4

True or false? Can Traumatic brain injuries cause a loss of smell (anosmia)?

Accepted Answer

TRUE - True! Your brain is floating in your skull in CSF. Your olfactory nerves pass through the cribiform plate of the ethmoid bone, ending at the olfactory bulbs that give your sense of smell. When you hit your head, your brain moves with the CSF in your skull and can actually SHEAR off your olfactory nerves.

Question 5

True or False? Men more susceptible to traumatic brain injuries than women?

Accepted Answer

True - Males tend to participate in more high risk behaviors than women do. They are 2.22 times more likely to have a TBI than women

Question 6

How do babies get shaken baby syndrome?

Accepted Answer

Infant gets physically shaken by a parent or caregiver - Shaken baby syndrome usually occurs when a parent or other caregiver shakes a baby out of anger or frustration, often because the baby  will not stop crying. Babies have very weak neck muscles that cannot fully support their proportionally large heads. Primarily seen in children younger than 2, with majority happening before the child’s first birthday

Question 7

TBIs can be prevented in children by the use of safety equipment such as: ___, ____ _____.

Accepted Answer

helmets and seat belts - Safety equipment to prevent TBI include helmets and seat belts

Question 8

True or False: TBIs can cause personality changes.

Accepted Answer

True - True: TBIs can cause personality changes.

Question 9

What Glasgow coma scale indicates brain death?

Accepted Answer

3 - 3 indicates brain death according to the Glasgow coma scale (GCS)

Question 10

What makes liver cells different from nerve cells in terms of regeneration?

Accepted Answer

They are unable to self repair - Once damaged, neurons are unable to regenerate and undergo necrosis (tissue death) and will lose its function and therefore the connection.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

2) Which of the following is NOT a common cause of TBIs?

3) Which of the following is not a type of TBI?

4) True or false? Can Traumatic brain injuries cause a loss of smell (anosmia)?

5) True or False? Men more susceptible to traumatic brain injuries than women?

6) How do babies get shaken baby syndrome?

7) TBIs can be prevented in children by the use of safety equipment such as: ___, ____ _____.

8) True or False: TBIs can cause personality changes.

9) What Glasgow coma scale indicates brain death?

10) What makes liver cells different from nerve cells in terms of regeneration?