S - Brain Injury Glossary

  • user warning: Table './babcock/radioactivity' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: SELECT decay_profile, energy FROM radioactivity WHERE id=8 AND class='node' in /var/www/vhosts/babcockpartners.com/httpdocs/sites/all/modules/radioactivity/radioactivity.module on line 149.
  • user warning: Table './babcock/radioactivity' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: SELECT node.nid AS nid, node.title AS node_title, radioactivity_node_1_s.energy AS radioactivity_node_1_s_energy FROM node node INNER JOIN radioactivity radioactivity_node_1_s ON node.nid = radioactivity_node_1_s.id AND (radioactivity_node_1_s.class = 'node' AND radioactivity_node_1_s.decay_profile = 1) WHERE (node.nid != 149) AND (node.nid != 1) ORDER BY radioactivity_node_1_s_energy DESC LIMIT 0, 4 in /var/www/vhosts/babcockpartners.com/httpdocs/sites/all/modules/views/includes/view.inc on line 810.

Babcock Law Firm provides as benefit to our clients, The Traumatic Brain Injury Glossary of Terms. It includes definitions for over 200 brain injury related terms from HDI's Brain Injury Glossary.

Seizure
An uncontrolled discharge of nerve cells which may spread to other cells nearby or throughout the entire brain. It usually lasts only a few minutes. It may be associated with loss of consciousness, loss of bowel and bladder control and tremors. May also cause aggression or other behavioral change.
Sensation
Feeling stimuli which activate sensory organs of the body, such as touch, temperature, pressure and pain. Also seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting.
Sequencing
Reading, listening, expressing thoughts, describing events or contracting muscles in an orderly and meaningful manner.
Shunt
A procedure to draw off excessive fluid in the brain. A surgically-placed tube running from the ventricles which deposits fluid into either the abdominal cavity, heart or large veins of the neck.
Somatosensory
Sensory activity having its origin elsewhere than in the special sense organs (such as eyes and ears) and conveying information to the brain about the state of the body proper and its immediate environment.
Spasticity
An involuntary increase in muscle tone (tension) that occurs following injury to the brain or spinal cord, causing the muscles to resist being moved. Characteristics may include increase in deep tendon reflexes, resistance to passive stretch, clasp knife phenomenon, and clonus.
Subdural
Beneath the dura (tough membrane) covering the brain and spinal cord.
Supine
Lying on one's back.
Suppository
Medicine contained in a capsule which is inserted into the rectum so that the medicine can be absorbed into the blood stream.

Many thanks to HDI publishing for allowing us to include a portion of their Brain Injury Glossary. The complete Glossary contains over 800 terms and definitions. HDI offers a range of literature on the many and varied aspects of TBI such as family issues, life care planning, sexuality, coping, prevention, and education.