If someone sustained damage to the left side of their spinal cord at the T2 level such that both the anterolateral pathway and the posterior funiculus were severed on the left side only, what sensory deficits would exist in the left and right lower limbs?

What will be an ideal response?


Proprioception and light touch perception pertaining to the left leg would be compromised; pain and temperature perception pertaining to the right leg would be compromised.

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