Traumatic Brain Injury Is Particularly Damaging Because the Brain Is

question 75

Multiple Choice

Traumatic brain injury is particularly damaging because the brain is not firmly attached to the skull.Rather,it floats in a bath of ____.Therefore,head trauma causes the brain to move,which can ____.

• A) pleural fluid; rupture the blood-brain barrier
• B) pleural fluid; tear nerve fibers
• C) cerebrospinal fluid; rupture the blood-brain barrier
• D) cerebrospinal fluid; tear nerve fibers

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