Terrance is told by his physician that he has lesions on one side of his spinal cord, which cut the lateral spinothalamic tract. Therefore, Terrance will have an inability to perceive
A) sensations of touch from both sides of his body below the level of injury.
B) his sense of proprioception on the same side of his body below the level of the injury.
C) cutaneous sensations on the opposite side of his body below the level of injury.
D) sensations of vibration on the opposite side of his body at the level of the injury.
E) sensations of tickle on the same side of his body below the level of injury.

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The lateral spinothalamic tract carries pain and temperature sensations. When it is damaged on one side of the spinal cord, the individual loses these sensations on the opposite side of the body below the level of the lesion, because these sensory pathways cross to the opposite side of the spinal cord shortly after entering.

Terrance Is Told by His Physician That He Has Lesions