A woman, 44, visits the office for follow-up. The patient fell from a cliff while hiking and had a total C7 spinal cord damage. She uses a wheelchair and can move her shoulders and upper arms, but she is paralyzed. Due to a neurogenic bladder, the patient has a suprapubic catheter. She doesn't have any other illnesses. She has never smoked in her life. Which of the following respiratory parameter changes in this patient is most likely true?

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Eductional Objective: The phrenic nerve, which emerges from the C3-5 nerve rootlets, innervates the diaphragm, which is the main muscle of inspiration. While the majority of expiration is accomplished through passive recoil, the internal intercostals, which are supplied with nerve fibers by the thoracic nerve rootlets, and the abdominal muscles help with active expiration (innervated by thoracic and lumbar nerve roots).

A Woman, 44, Visits the Office for Follow-Up