Why is it that when people suffer serious spinal cord injuries that they are not able to regain control of functions lost as a result of the injury?
a. Because the spinal cord is unlike most other tissue in the body in that it is unable to repair itself.
b. Because the surgery to repair a damaged spinal cord always results in a comprehensive loss of bodily control.
c. Because the spinal cord repairs itself in a way that that makes functions less controlled and more automatic.
d. Because the spinal cord has two different segments to it – anterior and posterior – and only damage to one of those two segments can be repaired.
A
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