Common brain injury terms

This section is designed to provide a glossary of terms, explaining some of the different words you might hear when reading information on, or talking about, brain injury.

Series of CT brain scan images showing cross-sectional views of the head and brain.

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2 terms starting with O

Occipital lobes

Area at the back of the cerebral hemispheres, containing the main visual centres.

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Open head injury

An injury where there is penetration of the scalp and skull through to brain tissue.

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