SCI Specific incomplete lesions

Question 0

paralysis and loss of vibratory and position sense ipsilateral and loss of pain and temperature sense contralateral

Answer 0

Brown-Sequard’s syndrome

Question 1

Loss of motor function and pain and temperature sense below the lesion

Answer 1

Anterior Cord Syndrome

Question 2

Considered a peripheral nerve injury. Include flaccidity, areflexia, and impairment of bowel and bladder function.

Answer 2

Cauda Equina Injuries

Question 3

Mechanism of injury is usually cervical heperxtension that damages the spinothalamic tract, corticospinal tract and dorsal columns effecting the upper extremities greater than the lower and great motor deficits compared to sensory

Answer 3

Central Cord Syndrome

Question 4

Motor function preserved, loss of pain, proprioception, two-pint discrimination and stereognosis

Answer 4

Posterior Cord syndrome

Question 5

Intervertebral foramina ____ with flexion and contralateral sidebending and ___ with extension and ipsilateral side-bending

Answer 5

Increases

Decreases