Spinal Cord Injuries Part 2

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Questions and Answers

1.

Spinal center for urination is in the caudus equinus - S1-S2
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
2.

Male sexual response with an upper motor neuron lesion causes a psychogenic response
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

What is not true about women and sexual dysfunction following a spinal cord injury?
- A.
  
  Menstruation is not interrupted
- B.
  
  Complications with pregnancy
- C.
  
  Can become pregnant
4.

What is not true about thermoregulation
- A.
  
  Body has a hard time regulating temperature
- B.
  
  Below level of lesion
- C.
  
  Lesions above T6 - vasodilation
- D.
  
  Ability to sweat and shiver is lost
5.

Autonomic dysreflexia happens with lesions below T6
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

With autonomic dysreflexia a noxious stimuli below level of lesion triggers a massive sympathetic response.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

What is not true of what happens with a patient in autonomic dysreflexia
- A.
  
  Can stop breathing
- B.
  
  Can have retinal hemorrhage
- C.
  
  Can have dangerously low BP
- D.
  
  Can have seizures
- E.
  
  Death is possible
8.

Name 4 possible causes of autonomic dysreflexia
- A.
  
  Noxious stimuli
- B.
  
  Full bladder
- C.
  
  Full bladder
- D.
  
  Kinked catheter
- E.
  
  Rapidly changing temperature in the environment
9.

Local pain
- A.
  
  At site of injury
- B.
  
  Nerve root pain
- C.
  
  Phantom pain
10.

Radicular pain
- A.
  
  Phantom pain
- B.
  
  Deep bone pain
- C.
  
  Nerve root pain
11.

Dysesthesias
- A.
  
  No pain
- B.
  
  Nerve root pain
- C.
  
  Phantom pain
12.

What is not a secondary complication of spinal cord injuries
- A.
  
  DVT
- B.
  
  Changes in calcium metabolism
- C.
  
  UTI
- D.
  
  Postural hypertension
- E.
  
  Kidney stones

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