Traumatic brain injury is particularly damaging because the brain is not firmly attached to the skull. Rather, it floats in a bath of ____. Therefore, head trauma causes the brain to move, which can ____
a. ?pleural fluid; rupture the blood-brain barrier
b. ?pleural fluid; tear nerve fibers
c. ?cerebrospinal fluid; rupture the blood-brain barrier
d. ?cerebrospinal fluid; tear nerve fibers
ANSWER:
d
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