1. Spinal Cord Injury
Try to decide whether the information presented about spinal cord injuries is true or false.
Directions: Go through the quiz once, answering each statement with a T or F. Then go through again, correcting any which you got wrong and then writing the statement.

2. If a person breaks his or her neck, the spinal cord is always damaged.
Question 1
If a person breaks his or her neck, the spinal cord is always damaged.

3. Question 2
Spinal cord injuries that occur closer to the neck are more serious than those occurring closer to the pelvis.

4. Question 3
Most spinal cord injuries result in complete loss of feeling and movement below the injured area.

5. Question 4
The term paraplegia means that a person has lost feeling and movement in the legs.

6. Question 5
Men with spinal cord injuries have a greater chance of being infertile than women with spinal cord injuries.

7. Question 6
Steroid drugs are effective at reducing spinal cord damage near time of injury.

8. Question 7
Many people that sever their spinal cord recover lost functioning with time.

9. Women are more likely than men to damage their spinal cords.
Question 8
Women are more likely than men to damage their spinal cords.

10. Most spinal cord injuries are the result of motor vehicle accidents.
Question 9
Most spinal cord injuries are the result of motor vehicle accidents.

11. Question 10
About 1,000 people in the United States experience spinal cord injuries every year.

12. If a person breaks his or her neck, the spinal cord is always damaged.
Question 1
If a person breaks his or her neck, the spinal cord is always damaged.
FALSE

13. Question 2
Spinal cord injuries that occur closer to the neck are more serious than those occurring closer to the pelvis.
TRUE

14. Question 3
Most spinal cord injuries result in complete loss of feeling and movement below the injured area.
FALSE

15. Question 4
The term paraplegia means that a person has lost feeling and movement in the legs.
TRUE

16. Question 5
Men with spinal cord injuries have a greater chance of being infertile that women with spinal cord injuries.
TRUE

17. Question 6
Steroid drugs are effective at reducing spinal cord damage near time of injury.
TRUE

18. Question 7
Many people that sever their spinal cord recover lost functioning with time.
FALSE

19. Women are more likely than men to damage their spinal cords.
Question 8
Women are more likely than men to damage their spinal cords.
FALSE

20. Most spinal cord injuries are the result of motor vehicle accidents.
Question 9
Most spinal cord injuries are the result of motor vehicle accidents.
TRUE

21. Question 10
About 1,000 people in the United States experience spinal cord injuries every year.
FALSE