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What is sensory ataxia?
What is sensory ataxia?
- Inability to balance on one leg
- Muscle weakness due to nerve damage
- Incoordination due to loss of proprioceptive sensations (correct)
- Inability to sense pain and touch
What happens when the eyes are closed in a patient with lesions confined to the posterior column of the spinal cord?
What happens when the eyes are closed in a patient with lesions confined to the posterior column of the spinal cord?
- They experience pain and touch sensations
- They experience muscle weakness
- They lose sensation in both legs
- They have difficulty standing in an upright balanced position (correct)
What happens if the first order neurons of the proprioceptive nerve fiber are damaged peripherally?
What happens if the first order neurons of the proprioceptive nerve fiber are damaged peripherally?
- Sensory ataxia
- No symptoms
- Loss of pain and touch sensations
- Loss of position and vibration sense on the same side (correct)
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