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1Traumatic brain injury — See also: Brain injury (disambiguation) Traumatic brain injury Classification and external resources …
2Focal and diffuse brain injury — Classification and external resources Epidural hematoma, an example of a focal injury ICD 10 S …
3Coup contrecoup injury — When the head strikes a fixed object, the coup injury occurs at the site of impact and the contrecoup injury occurs at the opposite side. In head injury, a coup injury occurs under the site of impact with an object, and a contrecoup injury occurs …
4Diffuse axonal injury — Classification and external resources Susceptibility weighted image (SWI) of diffuse axonal injury in trauma at 1.5 teslas (right) eMedicine …
5deceleration injury — impact injury to a body within or upon a rapidly moving object caused by the forces exerted when the object is brought to a sudden halt. Deceleration injury can occur in high speed vehicles when they stop or slow down abruptly or when the… …
6Head injury — Classification and external resources ICD 10 S00.0S09 ICD 9 …
7Orders of magnitude (acceleration) — This page lists examples of the acceleration occurring in various situations. They are grouped by orders of magnitude. Factor [m/s²] Multiple Value [G] Item 100 1 m/s² 0 m/s² 0 G The gyro rotors in Gravity Probe B and the free floating proof …
8Whiplash injury — Hyperextension (over extension) injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind, as by a fast moving vehicle in a car accident. The mechanics of whiplash injury are thought to be as follows: The victim may be first pushed or… …
9whiplash injury — noun an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) • Syn: ↑whiplash • Hypernyms: ↑injury, ↑hurt, ↑harm, ↑trauma …
10nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …
