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17:15 Sep 23, 2003 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Medical | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Elena Sgarbo (X) | ||||||
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5 +3 | Fracture of the skull, including (or extending to) the base of the cranium. Subdural hemorrhage |
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4 | cranium base fracture ... subdural hemorrhage |
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Fracture of the skull, including (or extending to) the base of the cranium. Subdural hemorrhage Explanation: Hola Andrea El pte. se ha fracturado el cráneo en la parte ósea de la bóveda craneal y también en la base del cráneo. (En realidad "bóveda craneal" es un nombre para designar la cavidad que encierran los huesos, no los huesos en sí.) El pte. también tuvo una hemorragia subdural. Suerte Elena The **skull** is supported on the summit of the vertebral column, and is of an oval shape, wider behind than in front. It is composed of a series of flattened or irregular bones which, with one exception (the mandible), are immovably jointed together. It is divisible into two parts: (1) the cranium, which lodges and protects the brain, consists of eight bones, and (2) the skeleton of the face, of fourteen.... The ethmoid bone is exceedingly light and spongy, and cubical in shape; it is situated at the anterior part of the **base of the cranium**, between the two orbits, at the roof of the nose, and contributes to each of these cavities..... |
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