Which of the Following Changes in Movement After Severe Damage

question 64

Multiple Choice

Which of the following changes in movement after severe damage to descending neurons of the spinal cord in the upper thoracic vertebrae would you expect?

• A) during a period of spinal shock processes such as respiration, digestion, urination, and defecation are severely impaired or lost completely
• B) upper and lower limbs go limp or are very weak and any returning movement is erradic and unpredictable
• C) heightened sensitivity to non-voluntary movement to the limbs and skin sensitivity due to a loss of spinal reflex integration with the motor cortex and cerebellum
• D) complete paralysis of the lower body with no movement, voluntary or involuntary
• E) a-c

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