While Playing Lacrosse, Frank Took a Blow to the Back

question 105

Essay

While playing lacrosse, Frank took a blow to the back of his neck. This caused swelling of the posterior spinal cord at C7, T1. What tract lies in this area? What signs might you expect Frank to show while the swelling persists?

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Definitions:

Alpha

Alpha often refers to the level of transparency of a pixel in computer graphics, with a range from full transparency to full opacity.

Beta

A phase in software development where features are complete but the software may still contain bugs; it follows the alpha phase and precedes the final release.

System.out.println

A method in Java used to print a string or other data types to the console or standard output stream.

InvalidIndexException

A type of exception that is thrown when an attempt is made to access an index that is outside the bounds of a list or array.