KROK 1 2009 – Question 34 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A patient has a transversal laceration in the spinal cord. What respiratory changes will result from this?
- A. Respiration will present no significant changes
- B. Respiration will become more frequent
- C. Respiration will become less frequent
- D. Respiration will become deeper
- E. Respiration will stop
Hint
Think about where the respiratory centre and the motor neurons of the main inspiratory muscle lie in relation to the level of a cut across the cord.
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