The nurse is working in the rehabilitative setting caring for tetraplegia and paraplegia clients. When instructing family members on the difference between the sites of impairment, which location differentiates the two disorders?
A) The second cervical vertebrae
B) The first thoracic vertebrae
C) The seventh thoracic vertebrae
D) The first lumbar vertebrae
B
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Tetraplegia is the impairment of all extremities and the trunk when there is a spinal injury at or above the first thoracic vertebrae. Paraplegia is the impairment of all extremities below the first thoracic vertebrae.
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