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CCEP Practice Set Cauda Equina - correct answer Acute loss of function to lumbar & sacral plexus, presents with saddle anesthesia, incontinence, and sexual dysfunction. Neuros are affected. Refer out! Peripheral Neuro - correct answer weakness, numbness and pain associated with diabetes or trauma. Peripheral nerves are affected. Don't follow nerve root pattern. Light touch, vibration, and pain tests will be affected. Sciatica - correct answer Pain in lower back/hip affecting L4/L5/S1 nerve roots. Worse with sitting, burning radiating pain down leg UMNL Findings - correct answer Type of paralysis: Spastic DTR: Hyperactive Superficial Reflexes: Absent (both LMNL & UMNL) Muscle Tone: Increased Pathological Reflexes: Present Clonus: Present Atrophy: Absent Fasciculations: Absent Reaction of Degeneration: Absent