Why Is It That When People Suffer Serious Spinal Cord

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Multiple Choice

Why is it that when people suffer serious spinal cord injuries that they are not able to regain control of functions lost as a result of the injury?

• A) Because the spinal cord is unlike most other tissue in the body in that it is unable to repair itself.
• B) Because the surgery to repair a damaged spinal cord always results in a comprehensive loss of bodily control.
• C) Because the spinal cord repairs itself in a way that that makes functions less controlled and more automatic.
• D) Because the spinal cord has two different segments to it - anterior and posterior - and only damage to one of those two segments can be repaired.

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