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morpeh [17]
3 years ago
10

Priscilla is in an auto accident that causes her head to crash against the windshield. her brain is pressed against the skull an

d bruised by the impact. she loses consciousness for three days, but none of the brain tissue is torn. priscilla experienced a ____.​
a. ​cerebral laceration
b. ​stroke
c. ​cerebrovascular accident
d. ​contusion
Biology
2 answers:
gayaneshka [121]3 years ago
8 0
A head injury happens due to trauma to the brain or skull and classified as close or sometimes penetrating. It may occur right away or develop slowly. An example is contusion which is the answer on this scenario. This is called mild traumatic injury caused by a blow on the head yet none of the tissue of the brain is torn.
jeka57 [31]3 years ago
4 0

From the incident given above priscilla experienced a contusion.

Answer: Option D

<u>Explanation:</u>

In this case Priscilla had a head crash but not one tissue is torn but has bruises caused by the impact. So for a better understanding laceration would have caused the wear and tear of the tissue but this is a stage of contusion where bruises has happened.

The impact of the crash has created an internal blood loss within the brain that has led to unconsciousness for three days.  It also falls under the traumatic brain injury category where the patient needs to be stopped of the blood clot for a speedy recovery.

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