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acc299

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Ken sustained an injury to his spinal cord that resulted in paralysis in both legs. Ken's condition is referred to as
 
  a. diplegia.
  b. hemiplegia. c. paraplegia.
  d. quadriplegia.

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Movements that are uncoordinated, uncontrolled, and jerky are characteristic of
 
  a. extrapyramidal cerebral palsy.
  b. ataxia cerebral palsy. c. spastic cerebral palsy.
  d. mixed type cerebral palsy.


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prumorgan

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Reply #1 on: Jul 31, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: b


acc299

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Reply 2 on: Jul 31, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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