A client has sustained damage to the ventral root of the lower thoracic spinal cord. When the client's wife asks whether her husband will be paralyzed, the nurse should explain:
1. "He will be able to move his extremities, but he won't be able to feel anything."
2. "Your husband will not have any sensation from the neck down."
3. "He will have flaccid paralysis from the neck down."
4. "His kind of damage will cause flaccid paralysis in the lower extremities."
Answer: 4
1. Damage to the dorsal root causes loss of sensation.
2. Damage to the dorsal root causes loss of sensation.
3. Since the injury is at the thoracic level, only the lower extremities will be involved.
4. Damage to the ventral root of the spinal cord results in flaccid paralysis. Since the injury is at the thoracic level, only the lower extremities will be involved.
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