Brain injury and illness

Question 1

What is an aneurysm?

Answer 1

• Abnormal blood-filled dialition of a blood vessel and espcially an artery resulting from disease of the vessel wall

Question 2

What is a laceration?

Answer 2

• a jagged wound or cut the process or act of tearing tissue

Question 3

what is a contrecoup

Answer 3

• injury to a part opposite of the site of the injury

Question 4

What is parkinsons disease?

Answer 4

• a neurodegenerative diease
• Dimapine cells die = parkinsons

Question 5

what are the symptoms of parkinsons diease?

Answer 5

• Tremor
• slowness and stiffness
• imparied ba;ance
• ridigity of muscles

Question 6

What is a stroke?

Answer 6

• a sudden loss of brain function caused by the inturption of blood flow to the brain or a rupture of a blood vessel in the brain
• the intuription causes the brain cells to die
• reduces the oxygen, reduced oxygen leads to permenant brain damage

Question 7

What are the aftereffects of a stroke?

Answer 7

• Trouble walking, getting up, numbness, paralysis on a side of your body, weakness