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fedico21: Answer With clinical reason;
1.Following hemisection of the spinal cord at the level of approximately
T3, a patient experiences loss of pain and temperature on the left
side of the leg. Which of the following tracts was affected by the hemisection
of the cord that could account for this deficit?
a. Right fasciculus cuneatus
b. Right fasciculus gracilis
c. Right spinothalamic tract
d. Left spinothalamic tract
e. Left corticospinal tract

2. A 35-year-old man injured his thoracic spine in a motor vehicle accident
2 years ago. Initially he had a bilateral spastic paraparesis and urinary
urgency, but this has improved. He still has pain and thermal sensation loss
on part of his left body and proprioception loss in his right foot. There is
still a paralysis of the right lower extremity as well.

This patient has which spinal cord condition
a. Brown-Séquard (hemisection) syndrome
b. Complete transection
c. Posterior column syndrome
d. Syringomyelic syndrome
e. Tabetic syndrome