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What is the functio n of the spinal cord?
The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves, which serves the purpose of relaying sensory and motor messages between the body and brain. In the case of spinal cord injury, parts of the body are paralyzed when the motor messages from the brain cannot pass through the injury site on the spinal cord. Feeling is lost when sensory messages cannot pass the injury site to be processed by the brain.
What protects the brain and spinal cord from injury?
your sckull of course what else
Decerebrate and decorticate posturing is an indication of?
brain and spinal cord injury
What is a c2 spinal cord injury?
A C2 spinal cord injury is an injury to the 2nd spinal segment in the cervical section of the spinal cord.
What is the relationship between spinal cord injury and spasticity?
Spinal cord injury prevents the brain from telling the muscle to relax. The result is prolonged muscle contraction or spasticity.
What is a concursion?
injury to the brain or spinal cord due to jarring from a blow, fall
The brain is superior to the spinal cord?
The brain is superior to the spinal cord.
Match each injury with a long-term consequence. 1. Spinal cord injury 2. Tramatic brain injury 3. Knee injury A. Quadriplegia B. Headaches C. Limited ability to walk and run?
spinal cord injury - quadriplegia tramatic brain injury - headaches knee injury - limited ability to walk and run
What bone connects the spinal cord to the brain?
There is no joint between brain and spinal cord. The spinal cord is a mass of neurones that is situated in the backbone which feeds in to the brain via neurones.
What the does brain stem connect the brain to?
The brain stem connects the brain to the spinal cord, so that the brain can send messages through the cord to the rest of the body. The functioning of the body is severely compromised if the spinal cord connections are severed.
Are there spinal cord injury rehibilitation centers in the Northeast?
This video by brainandspinalcord.org overviews the top ten spinal cord injury rehabilitation centers in the United States. The website also has much information on brain and spinal cord injuries. http://www.brainandspinalcord.org/media-center/TopTenHospitals.html
What is spinal cord and what does is do?
The spinal cord is the neural pathway from your brain to your toes, messages like move or ouch - travel the spinal cord, telling you to pedal a bicycle or preventing you from standing on a burning log. If the cord is damaged the messages stop at the point of injury but the area above the injury will still work uninterrupted.
