1) Professor Wollschlager was rock climbing at Devil’s Tower in Wyoming. After a very successful climb...

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1) Professor Wollschlager was rock climbing at Devil’s Tower inWyoming. After a very successful climb to the top and back down,she was exhausted and slipped in the last 5 feet. When she hit theground, a small, sharp twig was forced in between 2 vertebrae andwas compressing part of her spinal cord on the left side. On herway to the ER, she noticed that she could no longer feel pain ortemperature from specific areas AND she could not move some of herappendicular muscles in other areas. Being the professional thatshe is, she announced, ”Ha! I know what is wrong and which spinaltracts are affected!” The twig was removed and she made a fullrecovery. Which specific pathways were affected (2 pts)? Whatgeneral areas (which side, above or below compression) of her bodywere pain/temperature lost (2 pts)? What general areas (which side,above or below compression) of her body were loss of appendicularmuscle movement lost (2 pts)? How do you know where the loss is ineach tract (2 pts)? Compare and contrast the two pathways that areaffected by the compression (Note: Don’t restate things you alreadydescribed in other questions above as repeating information doesn’tcount) (2 points for one SPECIFIC similarity, 8 pts for fourSPECIFIC differences) When comparing and contrasting, be carefulnot to count one difference as two. For example, if you arecomparing two roses, they are similar in that they are roses andthey are different in that they are different colors (one is whiteand the other is red). That is one similarity and one difference.Saying they are both flowers, is far too vague and NOTspecific.Also stating that they are different colors, withoutexplaining the color differences isn’t being specific. 2 pts foressay formatting, grammar, spelling.

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Part 1 Specific pathway affected Lateral spinothalamic tract because the patient temporarily lost pain and temperature sensation This is a sensory pathway it carries pain and temperature sensation to the thalamus Lateral corticospinal tract because the patient loss power in the appendicularlimbs muscle This is a motor pathway it is responsible for carrying out the motor activity of the upper and lower limbs Part 2 The twig went into the leg side of the    See Answer
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