PATHOLOGY MCQ
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
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Question
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the person will be unable to blink and smile
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the person will be able to move arms and legs but much more slowly
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the brain will not be able to communicate with the peripheral nerves
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the peripheral nerves will receive signals from the brain but will be unable to send signals
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Detailed explanation-1: -When the spinal cord is damaged, the message from the brain cannot get through. The spinal nerves below the level of injury get signals, but they are not able to go up the spinal tracts to the brain. Reflex movements can happen, but these are not movements that can be controlled.
Detailed explanation-2: -Spinal cord injury is associated with a risk of developing secondary conditions that can be debilitating and even life-threatening-e.g. deep vein thrombosis, urinary tract infections, muscle spasms, osteoporosis, pressure ulcers, chronic pain, and respiratory complications.
Detailed explanation-3: -If your spinal cord is severed, you will sustain a complete spinal cord injury. Depending on the location of the injury, you could develop paraplegia, or paralysis in the hips and legs, or quadriplegia, which affects the upper and lower body.
Detailed explanation-4: -The spinal cord, part of our central nervous system, is an amazingly complex matrix of nerve cells and support cells. Following injury to the spinal cord, the damaged cells face anatomical, physiological, chemical, and immune system changes that hinder their attempts at regeneration.