Scalp injuries can be open or closed and are highly vascular, bleeding heavily when lacerated. This describes which type of injury?

• A. Scalp injuries
• B. Skull fractures
• C. Battle's sign
• D. Raccoon eyes

Answer: (A)

The key idea is the scalp’s very rich blood supply. The scalp has a dense network of blood vessels in its connective tissue layer, so when a laceration occurs, it tends to bleed heavily even if the injury seems superficial. This description points to scalp injuries—the tissue itself bleeds profusely because of that vascularity.

Skull fractures involve the bone and can have signs such as bruising around the eyes or behind the ear (basilar skull fracture signs), but those aren’t about how the tissue bleeds when cut. Those signs reflect underlying fracture rather than the bleeding pattern of a scalp wound.