Spinal cord injury-sensory information processing

Reference no: EM1323811

"Patient A has a tumour located on the thoracic spinal cord at the level of T3 and shows differences in the way sensory information in his legs and lower trunk is processed. This mainly involves alterations in the sensation of pain and temperature on the right side and in the sensation of touch on the left side".

(a) Is the lesion provoked by the tumour in the thoracic spinal cord partial or complete?

(b) Would patient A's knee-jerk reflex be affected?

Reference no: EM1323811

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