Why Does a Person Who Has a Spinal Cord Injury

question 17

Multiple Choice

Why does a person who has a spinal cord injury experience faulty control of sweating?

• A)The hypothalamus is unable to regulate body heat as a result of damage to the sympathetic nervous system.
• B)The thalamus is unable to regulate body heat as a result of damage to the sympathetic nervous system.
• C)The hypothalamus is unable to regulate body heat as a result of damage to the parasympathetic nervous system.
• D)The thalamus is unable to regulate body heat as a result of damage to spinal nerve roots.

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