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You Test a Patient for Temperature Sensation

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You test a patient for temperature sensation.Why is this test included?


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Spinal Cord

A long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue, which extends from the brainstem down the back, and transmits nerve signals between the brain and the rest of the body.

Anterior Ramus

is a branch of a spinal nerve that passes anteriorly (towards the front) to supply muscles and skin on the front of the body.

Communicating Rami

Nerves that connect the spinal nerves to the sympathetic trunk, facilitating communication between the central and autonomic nervous systems.

Sympathetic Trunk Ganglion

A nerve cell cluster in the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system, transmitting impulses to various body organs.

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