A baseball player is hit by a line drive on the temporal area of his skull.At the hospital the doctors give a CT scan which shows an accumulation of blood between the dura mater and arachnoid mater,creating pressure on the cerebrum.The hemorrhage from the fracture would be located in which space?
A)epidural space
B)subdural space
C)subarachnoid space
D)nasal sinus
E)straight sinus

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The accumulation of blood between the dura mater and arachnoid mater indicates a subdural hemorrhage, which occurs in the subdural space. Choice A (epidural space) would indicate bleeding between the skull and dura mater, while choices C, D, and E indicate bleeding within the brain or outside of the skull.

A Baseball Player Is Hit by a Line Drive on the Temporal