eli5- How does getting hit in the chin cause you to go unconscious?

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Title says it. I have never questioned the idea of a “glass jaw” and have experienced it first hand. While it makes sense for a head injury to have side effects, what is it about the jaw that leads to K.O.’s?

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It’s the rapid rotation of the head that causes the brain to distort instead the skull. The brain is soft and when the head stops suddenly like in a car crash, or takes a punch that makes the head move suddenly, the brain can be injured.

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