Which of the Following Symptoms Would a Patient with a Lesion

question 25

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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