N202 SCI

Question 0

Lie w/in spinal cord above L1

Answer 0

Upper motor neuron’s

Question 1

Lesions ➡️ spasticity & hyperreflexia below level of lesion

Answer 1

Lesions of upper motor neuron’s

Question 2

Activate the muscle they innervate

Answer 2

Lower motor neuron

Question 3

Lesions of lower motor neurons➡️

Answer 3

Weakness, paralysis, flaccidity

Question 4

Number of vertebrae

Answer 4

33

Question 5

Leading cause of death associated with spinal cord injuries

Answer 5

Respiratory (pneumonia, PE, or septicemia)

Used to be renal

Question 6

Greatest risk SCI

Answer 6

16 to 30 y.o.
Male
Summer
EtOH/ drugs usually involved

Question 7

1/2 cord is transected into north and south

Ipsilateral (same side) paralysis or paresis

Answer 7

Brown-Sequard syndrome