Neurology: Spinal Cord Injuries

Question 1

anterior cord

Answer 1

loss of motor
loss of pain
loss of temperature

• I can still have proprioception
• closest to body

Question 2

brown-sequard syndrome
(2 words-2 sides)

Answer 2

loss of motor on injury side
loss of pain and temperature on opposite

-stab or gsw

Question 3

central cord

Answer 3

loss of motor
loss of sensory
loss occurs more often arms than legs

Question 4

posterior cord

Answer 4

loss of proprioception
loss of vibration
loss of light touch & pressure

No loss of motor function

Question 5

what spinal cord injury occurrs more often in car accidents?

Answer 5

force flexion forward

hitting head on steering wheel causing anterior dislocation & posterior ligament damage

Question 6

what spianl cord injury occurrs more often in slips and falls?

Answer 6

hyperextension on tables or bathtubs

ruptured anterior ligaments, compressed posterior ligaments

Question 7

what spinal cord injury occurs more often in slips and falls?

Answer 7

hyperextension on tables or bathtubs

ruptured anterior ligaments, compressed posterior ligaments

Question 8

what spinal cord injury occurs more often in dives?

Answer 8

compression

Question 9

central cord syndromes can occur in

Answer 9

car accidents & fall during hyperextension