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What spinal tracts are damaged to cause loss of sensation in the arm?
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∙ 6y ago
The lateral aspect of the upper arms involve C5 and the medial aspect of the lower arms involve T1.
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What level of the spinal cord is damaged to cause urinary incontinence?
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Can a back injury cause an injury to the Achilles tendon?
um doubtful.. Unless the spinal cord is damaged and is causing the tendon to react violently and beyond its normal functions. If that's happening then you have bigger problems.
Major cause of spinal and head injuries?
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What spinal tract might be damaged if lack of voluntary movement is observed?
lateral corticospinal tract -this would be the most major one anterior corticospinal tract - to a lesser extent a lesion of the rubrospinal tract would affect voluntary movement but not cause a lack of it
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Why might an injury to the lower spinal cord cause loss of sensation in the legs?
Because the nerves that keep the brain in touch with the body are in the spine there fore if these are sufficiently damaged or severed the result is that there is no contact with the brain and if the brain does not get the message you don't feel any thing.
What level of the spinal cord is damaged to cause urinary incontinence?
Parasympathetic nerves from the S2, S3 and S4 levels of your spinal cord cause the upper part of your bladder to contract and your bladder neck to relax, assisting in the process of micturition (urination). If these are damaged you will have bladder control problems.
How people become paralyzed?
Usually due to a traumatic spinal injury. Spinal injuries can damage the spinal cord (the bit that is usually protected by being encased in the vertebrae of the spine), which means that nerve impulses become unable to flow. This can result in loss of sensation, and paralysis. However muscle wasting diseases can also cause paralysis (but not usually loss of sensation).
If you have a fractured neck would your spinal cord be damaged?
Neck fracture can easily cause damage to the spinal cord, but this does not always happen, especially if the neck has been supported and immobilised quickly and properly.
What is the back bone made out of?
Your backbone protects your spinal chord, which allows for most of the exchange of information from the nervous system to the brain or vice versa. If you did not have a backbone, your spinal chord would be easily damaged which, if damaged in the right spot, could cause full-body paralysis.
What causes disabilities and why?
There are many, many, many different factors that can cause disabilities. For instance, if your spinal cord was damaged, you may be paralyzed from the waist down or head down, depending on where you were hit on the spinal cord. Your spinal cord sends messages to your nerves in your body, and thus cannot if broken.
What will a spinal fracture of c6 do?
A spinal fracture will only cause paralysis if the spinal cord is also damaged. A C5 injury will affect finger flexion and extension, wrist flexion, tricepts, and all muscle groups from the chest downwards throughout the body. Breathing will be compromised, as will bowel, bladder and sexual function.
What type of spinal nerve damage may lead you to experience sensations from your outer left leg?
The sensory nerve roots of L4 and L5 when irritated can cause an abnormal sensation (paresthesia) on the outer leg.
How can you put sensation in a sentence?
Frostbite can cause a loss of sensation in the affected part of the body.
Why will a c-7 spinal cord injury cause hyperventilation?
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Will a Yeast infection cause infertiliy?
If left untreated any infection in the vaginal or urinal tracts can cause infertility.
Can a back injury cause an injury to the Achilles tendon?
um doubtful.. Unless the spinal cord is damaged and is causing the tendon to react violently and beyond its normal functions. If that's happening then you have bigger problems.
