Concussions: Coup-Traumatic Brain Injuries

To the Athletics Department, The issue that we are going to address today is one of great importance: concussions. Concussions are actually mild traumatic brain injuries. One of the ways that the brain can sustain such damage is through coup-countercoup. Coup translates into “blow” from French and relates to the damage of the brain immediately underneath the site of impact. In this case, some force or object comes in contact to the skull and thus traumatizes the brain. On the other hand, “contrecoup” refers to the damage caused by the head impacting against some solid, unmoving object that immediately halts the head’s motion and leads to the brain impacting against one side of the skull while vacating the other side. The vacuum created by the sliding of the brain causes hemorrhaging. So, a coup-contrecoup injury is when the brain bounces back and forth in the skull, causing either focal or diffuse injuries to the brain. …show more content…
In fact, the frontal and temporal lobes. This is because the front and sides of the skull are more rigid and hard. Additionally, the neck is connected posteriorly to the head, so the front of the head moves greater distances that the rest of the head. On the other hand, the bones in the front of the face have an “airbag” effect that cushions damage to the back of the brain. The frontal lobes influence personality, planning and organizing (high-level cognitive functions and personality features). The temporal lobes are involved in memory and language functions (verbal and visual memory). This means that damage to the frontal lobe could cause an entire change in personality or it could cause an exaggeration of certain personality traits. Damage to the temporal lobes could have malfunctioning memory, such as Alzheimer’s and

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