Question

A patient is brought to the trauma center with head and facial injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. You note a constant flow of clear fluid from her nose. Which bone may be fractured?

Answer 1

Ethmoid

Step-by-step explanation:

If the bones forming the base of the skull are disrupted, clear cerebrospinal fluid may leak into the nasal passages

Answer 2

The answer is Skull bone

Step-by-step explanation:

During a motor vehicle accident a head fracture can occur in the patient.

This fracture can result in what is known as Cerebral Spinal Fluid leak or brain leak, Indicating that the skull bone may have been severely damaged.

The brain is surrounded by this fluid, and only in extreme cases of trauma it will be possible to see it come out of the patient's nose.