| A | B |
|---|
| common sites of spinal cord injury | cervical & lumbar spine |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of 4 extremities |
| paraplegia | paralysis of both LE |
| spinal shock (areflexia) | loss of symphathetic reflex below injury |
| autonomic dysreflexia (hyperreflexia) | exaggerated s/s of nervous syst. response |
| immediate complication of spinal injury | resp arrest, spinal shock |
| long term complications of spinal injury | pressure ulcers,contractures,infections |
| spinal nerve root compression | pressure where spinal nerve root attaches |
| diskectomy | removal of ruptured disc |
| laminectomy | removal of post arch of vertebra |
| spinal fusion | grafting, fuse one vertebrae to another |
| chemonucleolysis | injection of enzyme into nucleus to shrink |
