Where would be the most likely location for damage to the spinal cord of a person who has become a paraplegic?
What will be an ideal response?
The lower limb is paralyzed in a paraplegic individual. Therefore, damage to the spinal cord would have to have occurred superior to the innervation of the lower limb, which begins at L1. Since the upper limbs are unaffected, the damage would also have to be below the brachial plexus. Therefore, the damage would be superior to L1 but inferior to T1.
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