KROK 1 2007 – Question 21 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A patient has a transverse disruption of spinal cord below the IV thoracic segment. What changes of respiration will it cause?
- A. Respiration will become deeper
- B. Respiration will stop
- C. Respiration will stay unchanged
- D. Respiration will become more frequent
- E. Respiration will become less frequent
Hint
Compare the level of the lesion with the origin of the phrenic nerve: is the pathway from the medullary respiratory centre to the diaphragm still intact?
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