Tina falls while climbing a tree and lands on her back. Her frightened parents take her to the emergency room, where she is examined. Her knee- jerk reflex is normal and she exhibits a plantar reflex negative Babinski reflex) . These results suggest that
A) Tina has a spinal injury in the lumbar region.
B) Tina has injured one of her ascending nerve tracts.
C) Tina has a spinal injury in the cervical region.
D) Tina suffered no damage to her spinal cord.
E) Tina has injured one of her descending nerve tracts.
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Q17: Q18: Compared to the vertebral column, the spinal Q19: The_ of each spinal nerve innervates the Q20: Spinal nerves are Q21: Axons crossing from one side of the Q23: The _reflex complements the flexor reflex by Q25: The layer of the meninges in direct Q26: The outermost connective- tissue covering of nerves Q27: The layer of connective tissue that surrounds Q84: Figure 13-2 Spinal Nerves
A) interneuronal.
B) involuntary.
C) both sensory
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