Loss of motor and sensory control of the trunk of the body and lower extremities as a result of a spinal cord injury describes
A) peripheral neuritis.
B) quadriplegia.
C) paraplegia.
D) a degenerative disk.

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When the spinal cord is injured, a part or parts of the body inferior to the point of injury may be affected. The damage to the cord may be only temporary, but it usually leads to some degree of permanent disability because nerve pathways control many bodily functions and actions. Paraplegia results in the loss of motor and sensory control of the trunk of the body and lower extremities. Loss of bowel, bladder, and sexual function is also common.

Loss of Motor and Sensory Control of the Trunk of the Body