Med Surg II - Spinal Cord Injuries (U4) Exam |
Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified |
Latest Update 2026/2027
Save
Practice questions for this set
Learn 1 /7 Study using Learn
a short term, temporary physiologic spinal cord dysfunction post-injury
- begins within a few minutes of injury
- may take several hours for full effects to occur
- lasts 4-6 weeks
- some function may return once spinal shock subsides
Choose an answer
1 spinal cord injuries - classification 2 vertebral fracture - burst
3 mechanism of SCI 4 spinal shock
Don't know?
, Terms in this set (78)
spinal cord injuries - classification by stability, mechanism, type, level of injury, or
cause
spinal cord injuries - stability ALL SPINAL CORDS ARE UNSTABLE UNTIL
PROVEN OTHERWISE
- stable: anterior/posterior ligaments & 1 lamina or
spinous process is intact
- unstable: ligaments are torn, spine cannot protect
cord from bony displacement with normal
movement
spinal cord injuries - at risk 80% males
population young - avg early 40s
cervical spine injuries 80% 18-25 year old
many drug and/or alcohol related
old: falls
spinal cord injuries - type of injury concussion
contusion
ischemia
transection
- complete: total loss of motor and sensory below
injury
- incomplete: mixed loss of motor and sensory
below injury
mechanism of SCI hyperflexion
hyperextension
compression
rotation
Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified |
Latest Update 2026/2027
Save
Practice questions for this set
Learn 1 /7 Study using Learn
a short term, temporary physiologic spinal cord dysfunction post-injury
- begins within a few minutes of injury
- may take several hours for full effects to occur
- lasts 4-6 weeks
- some function may return once spinal shock subsides
Choose an answer
1 spinal cord injuries - classification 2 vertebral fracture - burst
3 mechanism of SCI 4 spinal shock
Don't know?
, Terms in this set (78)
spinal cord injuries - classification by stability, mechanism, type, level of injury, or
cause
spinal cord injuries - stability ALL SPINAL CORDS ARE UNSTABLE UNTIL
PROVEN OTHERWISE
- stable: anterior/posterior ligaments & 1 lamina or
spinous process is intact
- unstable: ligaments are torn, spine cannot protect
cord from bony displacement with normal
movement
spinal cord injuries - at risk 80% males
population young - avg early 40s
cervical spine injuries 80% 18-25 year old
many drug and/or alcohol related
old: falls
spinal cord injuries - type of injury concussion
contusion
ischemia
transection
- complete: total loss of motor and sensory below
injury
- incomplete: mixed loss of motor and sensory
below injury
mechanism of SCI hyperflexion
hyperextension
compression
rotation
