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Northern California Spinal Cord Injury AttorneysSpinal Cord Injury TerminologyAmbulation - A fancy word for walking, with or without help. Anterior Cord Syndrome -- An incomplete injury to the front of the spine in which the victim can still feel body parts below the injury, but cannot move them. Brown-Sequard Syndrome -- An incomplete injury to either the right side or the left side of the spine. The victim loses motor function below the injury on one side and sensation on the other side. Central Cord Syndrome -- An incomplete injury to the center of the spine, in which the victim's upper body motor function is more impaired than his or her lower body. Cervical spine -- The seven vertebrae in the top of the spine; the neck. Coccyx -- Also known as the tailbone, this is the very bottom of the spine. Diplegia -- Paralysis to the same region of the body on both sides. Hemiplegia -- Paralysis of only one side of the body. Laminectomy -- An operation to relieve pressure on the spinal cord. Lumbar spine -- The five vertebrae in the inward-curving, lower-back part of the spine. Monoplegia -- Paralysis of only one limb. Paraplegia -- Paralysis from roughly the waist down due to a spinal injury below the neck. Neuropathic pain -- Also known as spinal cord pain, this is a sharp pain at the site of an injury because of nerve damage to the surrounding area. Quadriplegia -- An injury to the cervical spine that results in partial or total loss of function in all four limbs. Called tetraplegia outside the United States. Sacrum -- The area of the spine that reaches into the pelvis; it is below the lumbar spine and above the coccyx. Spinal contusions -- A fancy name for bruising of the spine. A spinal contusion can cause temporary paralysis. Spinal shock -- The reaction of the body to a spinal cord injury, spinal shock is a temporary loss of sensation and motor function below the injury. Tetraplegia -- See quadriplegia. Thoracic spine -- The outward-curved part of the spine in the upper back, which contains 12 vertebre. |
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