Mr.B was in a terrible car accident.He was not wearing a seat belt,and he suffered a broken neck and a spinal cord injury.He ended up paralyzed from the neck down.Build the medical term for his condition.

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Quadri- means four, and -plegia means paralysis, so quadriplegia means paralysis of all four limbs. This is the appropriate medical term for Mr. B's condition of being paralyzed from the neck down.

MrB Was in a Terrible Car Accident