Mary Is in an Automobile Accident and Suffers a Spinal

question 119

Multiple Choice

Mary is in an automobile accident and suffers a spinal cord injury.She has lost feeling in her lower body.Her doctor tells her that swelling is compressing a portion of her spinal cord.Which part of her cord is likely to be compressed?

• A)ascending tracts in the cervical region of her spinal cord.
• B)descending tracts in the cervical region of her spinal cord.
• C)ascending tracts in the lumbar region of her spinal cord.
• D)descending tracts in the lumbar region of her spinal cord.
• E)the anterior white commissures.

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