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What is partial spinal sensory syndrome?
It is a rare condition caused by an incomplete lesion of the spinal cord
What is Brown-Sequard syndrome?
It is a rare condition caused by an incomplete lesion of the spinal cord
What complication is occurring for a person who has a spinal cord injury above T6 and is experiencing paroxysmal hypertension ans has piloerection and sweating above the spinal cord lesion?
Autonomic hyperreflexia
Why is it that you got paralyzed when your spinal cord gets damaged?
first of all we all know that the spinal cord contains the the motor alfa that is the motor neuron that causes the muscle to contract,so when the spinal cord gets damaged no stimulation arrives to the muscles below the lesion level..
Is a newborn paralyzed immediately if it has Spina Bifida?
No, not necessarily. The level of paralysis is dependent on the level of the lesion, what vertebrae were affected and whether the lesion was open and the spinal cord and nerves were exposed.
If the ventral roots are destroyed can impulses reach the spinal cord?
In short, Yes.A majority of the "signals" that travel through the ventral roots are motor "signals" going out to the periphery from the spinal cord. As such, the signals have already "reached" the spinal cord from the brain or another region of the spinal cord.Thus, A ventral root lesion will interrupt signals from reaching the periphery.
What is the spinal condition where spinal cord grows and tightens the spinal cord?
Tethered Spinal Cord is a condition where the spinal cord is attached to the spinal column and that causes the cord to become stretched.
What sort of lesion will cause loss of position sense?
Posterior column of the spinal cord lesions like infection, tumor, trauma or idiopathic.
Which is the correct spelling-spinal chord or spinal cord?
spinal cord
Who is protected by the spinal cord?
the spinal cord
What is the prognosis for transverse myelitis?
The area on the spinal cord affected by transverse myelitis will determine the individual's level of functioning. The higher-up the lesion, the greater the disability.
What is simile to a spinal cord?
As Stern as a spinal cord
