When trauma to the head causes a collection of blood to form in the brain, this is called ________

A) hydrocephalus
B) Huntington's chorea
C) a subdural hematoma
D) an intraventricular hematoma


C
Explanation: A) Hydrocephalus is too much cerebrospinal fluid, not blood.
B) This does not describe Huntington's chorea.
C) Correct! Sub- means "below, underneath" and dur/o- means "dura mater." Hemat/o- means "blood" and -oma means "tumor, mass."
D) Intraventricular hematoma is within the ventricle, not between the dura mater and arachnoid.

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