Question

anatomy question. I am given an article about a baseball player who was hit in the eye with a baseball and experienced fluid leakage and vision loss. I am asked to identify the fluid (other than blood) that it was likely to have been. My best attempt: Cerebral spinal fluid?

Answer 1

This source tells me that it's "aqueous humor" in the eye

Answer 2

I mean, is the fluid leaking from their eye or from around it?

Answer 3

that was my initial thought too but the article mentions "The scan showed a skull fracture that left his sinus cavity open to the brain." which leads me to believe it probably goes beyond the eye itself

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2795607-is-this-blood-or-brain-fluid-the-nightmare-of-a-liner-to-the-head?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=referral

Answer 4

reads article

Answer 5

Is this what you were referring to

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

Well that wasn't clear there, but the image below is probably something to do more with pressure on the brain

Answer 8

It's various people so idk which one you're meant to explain lol

Answer 9

ah I didn't even catch that

anyway it's probably Happ's injury

Answer 10

Well it says "felt blood" idk lol

Answer 11

Cerebrospinal fluid? Hmmm

Answer 12

I guess? I mean what else comes from your ear if you're impacted with blunt trauma to the face...

I don't think anything else is near the ear that's fluid

Answer 13

unless he bust his eardrum, which he doesn't seem to have

Answer 14

alright, thank you for you help, I can double check with my professor tomorrow morning

Answer 15

np! I liked reading that from an anatomy perspective tbh, it made me think haha