A patient has a spinal lesion on the left side
A patient has a spinal lesion on the left side of their lumbar spinal cord. If you were to pinch both of their arms at the same time, what would the patient perceive?? a. The pinch on the left arm would hurt more than the pinch on the right arm. b. The pinch on the right arm would hurt more than the pinch on the left arm c. Since the nociceptive pathway was interrupted in the lower spinal cord, the patient would feel no pain. d. There would be no perceptible difference in pain between the pinches. A lesion in the gracile nucleus in the right medulla will result in…….? a. loss of mechanosensation on the lower right side of the body b. loss of mechanosensation sensation on the lower left right side of the body c. loss of mechanosensation on the lower right side of the body and loss of pain sensation on the lower left side of the body d. loss of mechanosensation on the upper right side of the body and loss of pain sensation on the upper left side of the body e. loss of mechanosensation on the upper left side of the body and loss of pain sensation on the lower right side of the body A lesion to the right side of the thoracic (middle section) of spinal cord would result in which of the following? a. The inability to feel something cold touching your right leg b. The inability to feel vibrations on your right leg c. The inability to feel something cold touching your left leg d. The inability to feel vibrations on your left leg on the contralateral side of the lesion e. a and c f. b and c
