### Question
What does serious bodily injury mean?


### Answer
**Serious bodily injury** has the following meaning in *18 U.S.C. § 2246*:

> bodily injury that involves a substantial risk of death, unconsciousness, extreme physical pain, protracted and obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 2246*
  - Heading: **PART I-CRIMES > CHAPTER 109A-SEXUAL ABUSE**

