LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
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Chapter 16, Problem 1DCR
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The location of the injury that can make a person quadriplegic and the likelihood of the recovery from this injury.
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Quadriplegic means that both the upper and lower limbs of a person are paralyzed. The spinal cord provides a link between the brain and the rest of the body. The spinal cord and its attached spinal nerves serve two important functions. First, they are a pathway for sensory and motor impulses. Second, the spinal cord and spinal nerves are responsible for reflexes (quick reactions to a stimulus).
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