A Baseball Player Is Hit by a Line Drive on the Temporal

question 57

Multiple Choice

A baseball player is hit by a line drive on the temporal area of his skull.At the hospital the doctors give a CT scan which shows an accumulation of blood between the dura mater and arachnoid mater,creating pressure on the cerebrum.The hemorrhage from the fracture would be located in which space?

• A)epidural space
• B)subdural space
• C)subarachnoid space
• D)nasal sinus
• E)straight sinus

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Definitions:

Chromosomes

Thread-like molecules that carry hereditary information for everything from height to hair color in the form of genes.

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

A molecule that carries most of the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning, and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule that carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning, and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.

Mitosis

The form of cell division in which each chromosome splits lengthwise to double in number. Half of each chromosome combines with chemicals to retake its original form and then moves to the new cell.