Question

Describe the most probable difference in motor impairment between spinal cord damage and motor cortex damage, and explain why this difference makes anatomical sense.

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Answer 1

While damage to motor cortex and damage to spinal cord will have huge impact on the motor abilities of an individual, the most probable difference that can be observed in Anatomical science is that damage to motor cortex will only result into impairment of motor sketch because motor cortex is responsible for initiation of motor skills however spinal cord is responsible not only for or directing the signals being received from the motor cortex to the rest of the body for respective but it is also responsible for many other vital functionalities such as sensory perception and is related to many reflexes and other involuntary actions. Spinal cord is responsible for maintaining a communication between the brain and the rest of the body why is neural pathway and hence is responsible for the central nervous system which means that all the actions which depend on neurotransmission between the body and the brain will get affected with part of the spinal cord that is damaged. If the part of the spinal cord that is damaged is majorly linked with motor activities then it will have major impact on only motor activities however in most cases the spinal cord is affected in more than one place which leads into impairment of multiple abilities in an individual.

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