You have a patient who severed a spinal nerve in an accident. She will only lose sensory sensation,but all motor innervation to that area will remain intact.

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You have a patient who severed a spinal nerve in an accident.  She will only lose sensory sensation,but all motor innervation to that area will remain intact.

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If a spinal nerve is severed, both sensory and motor innervation to the area supplied by that nerve will be lost. It is not possible for only sensory sensation to be affected while all motor innervation remains intact.

You Have a Patient Who Severed a Spinal Nerve in an Accident