Head and Neck Anatomy and Injuries

What muscle rotates the head to the opposite side?

• Trapezius

• Deltoid

• Subscapularis

• Sternocleidomastoid

What is the function of the cerebral spinal fluid?

• Protect CNS

• Cushion CNS

• Nourish CNS

• All of the above

Where exactly do you find cerebal spinal fluid?

• Dura mater

• Subdural space

• Arachnoid layer

• Subarachnoid space

The brachial plexus includes what spinal nerve?

• c5-t1

• c7-t5

• c4-t2

• c3-t1

How many pairs of spinal nerves do you have?

• 28

• 30

• 31

• 33

The bruising of the brain is the definition for what injury?

• Amnesia

• Concussion

• Headache

• Hematoma

The best way to prevent second impact syndrome?

• Allow athlete to return as long as headache is mild.

• Allow athlete to return if it is their first concussion.

• Allow athlete to return when all symptoms have resolved completely for 1 week.

• Allow athlete to return as soon as all symptoms have resolved.

If you come across an athlete that has a possible head/neck injury and has a helmet on what should you do?

• leave the helmet on for immobilization

• slide the helmet off with 2 hands

• stabilize the head and have another person slide helmet off superiorly

• cut it off with bolt cutters

Which of the following describes the inability of an athlete to remember events after the injury has occurred?

• Amnesia

• Unconsciousness

• Tinnitus

• Confusion

The outermost meninge consisting of a dense, fibrous, inelastic sheath and enclosing the brain and spinal cord is the:

• arachnoid

• cerebral cortex

• dura mater

• pia mater