An individual was brought into the emergency department after a motor vehicle co

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An individual was brought into the emergency department after a motor vehicle collision. This individual is conscious and reports no loss of consciousness during the incident. There is no physical evidence of any head trauma. However, on examination of this individual, the following sensory deficits are identified: loss of fine touch and vibration sense in the left arm and leg, including the hand and foot, and loss of pain and temperature sense in the right arm and leg, including the hand and foot. For the patient described, a lesion in which of the following areas of the nervous system can be excluded? a. Cortex b. Brainstem c. Peripheral nerves d. Spinal cord

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Peripheral nerves are excluded from the above said symptoms because as the nerves gets damaged during an injury nervousness will occur it leads to High blood pressure and it is known as a PARALYSIS. During an injury cortex, brain stem and spinal cord gets damaged.

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