Nm Iii Sci Exam With All Answers Correct
Impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the cervical segments due to damage of neural
elements within spinal canal.
a. tetraplegia
b. paraplegia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. tetraplegia
-impairments of functions in the arm as well as the trunk, legs, and pelvic organs.
-does not include brachial plexus lesions or injury to peripheral nerves outside the neural canal.
a. tetraplegia
b. paraplegia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. tetraplegia
Impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral neurological
segments due to damage to the neural elements within the spinal canal.
a. tetraplegia
b. paraplegia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. paraplegia
-arms are spared, but there is involvement of the trunk, legs, and pelvic organs.
,-describes injuries to cauda equina and conus medullaris but NOT lumbosacral plexus injuries or injury
to peripheral nerves outside the neural canal.
a. tetraplegia
b. paraplegia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. paraplegia
-Absence of sensory and motor function in the lowest sacral segment (skin that is adjacent to and right
inside the anus)
-no anal wink or deep anal sensation
a. complete injury
b. incomplete injury - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. complete injury
-partial preservation of sensory and/or motor functions found below the neurological level and includes
the lowest sacral segment
-sacral sensation as well as deep anal sensation
-voluntary contraction of external anal sphincter upon digital examination (may be only evidence)
a. complete injury
b. incomplete injury - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. incomplete injury
True extent of incomplete injuries isn't fully known until ___ weeks post injury.
a. 2-4
b. 4-6
c. 6-8
,d. 8-10 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. 6-8
-complete loss of reflex activity occurs below level of injury
-immediately after injury
-duration varies from 1 week to 3 months post injury
-flaccid paralysis below level of lesion
-no bowel or bladder tone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Spinal Shock
Increased (flaccidity/spasticity) may indicate resolution of spinal shock. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
Spasticity.
Rub the upper skin area of a males adductor region, testicles will deviate towards side that you're
rubbing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Cremasteric reflex
T/F: You can determine if an injury is complete or incomplete during spinal shock. - CORRECT ANSWER✔
✔False.
-dermatomes and myotomes caudal to neuro level that remain partially innervated
-only used with complete injuries
a. zone of partial preservation (ZPP)
b. skeletal level
c. neurological level - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. zone of partial preservation
-refers to level where the most vertebral damage is found
-refer to the relation of segments of the spinal cord and spinal nerves of vertebral column
, a. zone of partial preservation (ZPP)
b. skeletal level
c. neurological level - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. skeletal level
-refers to most caudal segment of the spinal cord with normal sensory and motor functions on both
sides of the body
a. zone of partial preservation (ZPP)
b. skeletal level
c. neurological level - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. neurological level
What level does conus medullaris end at?
a. L1
b. L2
c. L3
d. L4 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. L1
T/F: Clinical evidence recommends the use of neuroprotective pharmacologic agents, including steroids,
in the treatment of acute SCI in order to improve functional recovery. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False. No
clinical evidence exists to definitively recommend this. However, there has been a rise in the use of iced
saline (IV)
List commonly used drugs in the acute medical management of SCI. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Methylprednisone
-GM 1
Impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the cervical segments due to damage of neural
elements within spinal canal.
a. tetraplegia
b. paraplegia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. tetraplegia
-impairments of functions in the arm as well as the trunk, legs, and pelvic organs.
-does not include brachial plexus lesions or injury to peripheral nerves outside the neural canal.
a. tetraplegia
b. paraplegia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. tetraplegia
Impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral neurological
segments due to damage to the neural elements within the spinal canal.
a. tetraplegia
b. paraplegia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. paraplegia
-arms are spared, but there is involvement of the trunk, legs, and pelvic organs.
,-describes injuries to cauda equina and conus medullaris but NOT lumbosacral plexus injuries or injury
to peripheral nerves outside the neural canal.
a. tetraplegia
b. paraplegia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. paraplegia
-Absence of sensory and motor function in the lowest sacral segment (skin that is adjacent to and right
inside the anus)
-no anal wink or deep anal sensation
a. complete injury
b. incomplete injury - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. complete injury
-partial preservation of sensory and/or motor functions found below the neurological level and includes
the lowest sacral segment
-sacral sensation as well as deep anal sensation
-voluntary contraction of external anal sphincter upon digital examination (may be only evidence)
a. complete injury
b. incomplete injury - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. incomplete injury
True extent of incomplete injuries isn't fully known until ___ weeks post injury.
a. 2-4
b. 4-6
c. 6-8
,d. 8-10 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. 6-8
-complete loss of reflex activity occurs below level of injury
-immediately after injury
-duration varies from 1 week to 3 months post injury
-flaccid paralysis below level of lesion
-no bowel or bladder tone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Spinal Shock
Increased (flaccidity/spasticity) may indicate resolution of spinal shock. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
Spasticity.
Rub the upper skin area of a males adductor region, testicles will deviate towards side that you're
rubbing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Cremasteric reflex
T/F: You can determine if an injury is complete or incomplete during spinal shock. - CORRECT ANSWER✔
✔False.
-dermatomes and myotomes caudal to neuro level that remain partially innervated
-only used with complete injuries
a. zone of partial preservation (ZPP)
b. skeletal level
c. neurological level - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. zone of partial preservation
-refers to level where the most vertebral damage is found
-refer to the relation of segments of the spinal cord and spinal nerves of vertebral column
, a. zone of partial preservation (ZPP)
b. skeletal level
c. neurological level - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. skeletal level
-refers to most caudal segment of the spinal cord with normal sensory and motor functions on both
sides of the body
a. zone of partial preservation (ZPP)
b. skeletal level
c. neurological level - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. neurological level
What level does conus medullaris end at?
a. L1
b. L2
c. L3
d. L4 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. L1
T/F: Clinical evidence recommends the use of neuroprotective pharmacologic agents, including steroids,
in the treatment of acute SCI in order to improve functional recovery. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False. No
clinical evidence exists to definitively recommend this. However, there has been a rise in the use of iced
saline (IV)
List commonly used drugs in the acute medical management of SCI. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Methylprednisone
-GM 1
