Neuro Wk 10

Match the spinal cord tract to its specific function.

Fasiculus cuneatus innervates thoracic levels T6 and above and the cervical levels

Which spinal cord tracts form the pyramids of medulla?

Match each term with its definition

Tumors, infection, and disc degeneration causing injury to the spinal cord are considered what?

Spinal cord injuries are more common in males.

SCIs are most common in which age group?

What is the most common cause of spinal cord injury?

In older adults the most common cause of SCI is falls.

Match each part of the spinal cord to its correct description.

C1-C7 spinal nerves exit below their corresponding vertebrae.

What levels of spinal cord injury are most common?

Why is the anterior spinal artery significant?

Match each spinal cord level with its associated muscle groups.

What does the ASIA exam tell about an SCI? Select all that apply.

Neck hyperextension causing both sensory and motor deficits where the upper body has greater impairment than lower body would most likely be diagnosed as what?

A gunshot wound causing ipsilateral loss of motor, vibration, and proprioception as well as contralateral loss of pain and temperature is most likely what?

Bowel and bladder dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, lower extremity motor or sensory impairment, and loss of reflexes are all symptoms of what?

Select all that is true about anterior cord syndrome

Headache, sweating above level of injury, BP higher than their baseline, vision changes, bradycardia, and being red above the level of injury are signs of which medical emergency?

Select possible causes of autonomic dysreflexia

Order the steps to responding to autonomic dysreflexia

Mobility, compression stockings, and coagulation therapy are steps of prevention for what?

Decreases ROM, swelling or warmth around a joint, fever, pain, and increased spasticity are signs of what?

Repositioning is of upmost importance for the prevention of what?

Preserving tenodesis for appropriate SCI patients allows them to have what?