You and your EMT partner respond to a local shipping warehouse for a worker who was hit by a falling crate.Upon arrival,you find the man lying on the concrete floor of the facility,alert and oriented but unable to move or even feel his legs below the waist.Based on the mechanism of injury and the symptoms,which of the patient's body systems would you suspect has been impaired?
A) Endocrine system
B) Nervous system
C) Cardiopulmonary system
D) Immune system

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The mechanism of injury (being hit by a falling crate) and the symptoms (unable to move or feel legs below the waist) suggest a potential spinal cord injury, which would affect the nervous system.

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