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Definitions for "Penetrating head injury"
Keywords:  trauma, missile, skull, neuroindex, uvm
Related Terms: Open head injury, Closed head injury, Head injury, Concussion, Brain injury, Traumatic brain injury, Traumatic, Diffuse axonal injury, Stinger, Encephalocele, Encephalon, Whiplash injury, Cortical blindness, Dai, Chiari malformation, Neuroplasticity, Whiplash, Hindbrain, Dura, Craniosynostosis, Brainstem, Incomplete injury, Trauma, Skull fracture, Partial seizure, Serious injury, Brain stem, Pons, Locked-in syndrome, Bulbar, Meningocele, Metencephalon, Acquired brain injury, Subarachnoid space, Cerebellar, Subdural, Midbrain, Dura mater, Cerebrospinal fluid, Arachnoid, Medulla, Thalamotomy, Hydrocephalus, Focal seizure, Reticular formation, Choroid plexus, Fourth ventricle, Myelencephalon, Medulla oblongata
This kind of head injury is caused by a bullet or other missile. The effects differ from CLOSED HEAD INJURY (qv): in penetrating head injury the particular part of the brain destroyed determines the effects which can be highly variable.
caseman.co.uk
a wound from a missile that has penetrated the skull
ems-ceu.com
entering the interior of an organ or cavity, trauma to the head that does penetrate or fracture the skull.
finr.net
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