Which of the Following Symptoms Would a Patient with a Lesion

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which of the following symptoms would a patient with a lesion (injury) that destroyed the right side of the spinal cord in the region of the upper back be most likely to experience?

• A) loss of both pressure sense and pain in the right foot
• B) loss of both pressure sense and pain in the left foot
• C) loss of pressure sense in the right foot and pain in the left foot
• D) loss of pressure sense in the left foot and pain in the right foot

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Metabolism

The set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms to convert food into energy, build molecules, and eliminate waste products.

Protein Molecules

Large biomolecules composed of one or more chains of amino acids that perform a vast array of functions within organisms.

Adenine Base

A nitrogenous base, one of the four constituent bases of DNA and RNA, paired with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.

Phosphate Groups

Functional groups consisting of a phosphorus atom bonded to four oxygen atoms, critical components in the energy transfer within cells and in the structure of nucleic acids.