Chapter 14, Problem 12CSB

Summary Introduction

To describe: The change to be expected in bowel and bladder function as reflexes return.

Concept introduction: The spinal cord is a column of nerve tissue that arises from the medulla oblongata to the second lumbar vertebra within the vertebral column. There are thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves that emerge from the spinal cord. The spinal nerves are named as per the location of the nerve in the vertebral column. Spinal cord injury mainly occurs due to fracture or displacement of several vertebrae that compresses, tears, or stretches the spinal cord.