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| Number 1 cause of spinal cord injury |
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Legs affected
Lower spinal cord injury |
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| Quadriplegia (Tetraplegia) |
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Legs and arms affected
Upper spinal cord injury |
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| Most common cause of in spinal cord injury patients |
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Name 4 sections of the spine
(Top to bottom) |
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1.) Cervical
2.) Thoratic
3.) Lumbar
4.) Sacral |
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| Where are the two enlargements of the spine? |
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Upper: Cervical (Arms)
Lower: Lumbar (Legs) |
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| ________ input enters Spinal cord via dorsal roots |
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| _______ commands depart Spinal cord via ventral roots |
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| What is located in the gray matter? |
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* Lots of nerve cell bodies
* Dendrites |
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| What is located in the white mater? |
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| Communication between spinal cord and brain depends on what? |
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| Signals in spinal pathways. |
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| Signals travel up to brain or down spinal cord along______. |
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| Axons carry __________ information from spinal cord to brain |
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| Axons carry ________ instructions from brain to spinal cord. |
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| Long spinal pathways are located in ___________ of spinal cord. |
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| Loss of gray matter causes? |
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| Kills/injures nerve cells affects a few levels |
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| Loss of white matter causes? |
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| Destroys/injures axons disconnects region above injury from region below injury |
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| Spinal cord above C2-C5 affects? |
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| Spinal cord below S2-S3 affects? |
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| Bowel and bladder function |
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| What is Flaccid paralysis? |
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Skeletal Muscles go limp
Temporary Condition |
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| What is Spastic paralysis? |
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| Involuntary contraction of skeletal muscles |
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| To limit the further loss of neurons.... |
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| Treat with steroids right away |
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| What helps fix damage axons enough to become more functional? |
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| Stem cells and nerve cell growth factors are used with the hope that...? |
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| Promotes regrowth/regeneration |
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| What does lowering body temperature insetting moderate hypothermia? |
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| Helps lower metabolic demands of injured nerve cells |
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| Explain Functional Electrical Stimulation |
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| Brain-computer-stimulator-muscle |
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