0
Yes.
Both sensation and motion are controlled by nerves. If the nerves used to control sensation/motion are severed, the part of the body that was controlled by those nerves will no longer sense/move. Damaging the nerve can also lead to this, but is more likely to heal. In the peripheral nervous system, nerves can grow back, but they have to be redeveloped and this is not always possible (you weren't born with the motor control to write and may never get it back in a hand with damaged nerves).
Your brain is made up of nerves, which then project down your spine, and from your spine branch out into the rest of your body. When a nerve is severed, the portion that is no longer connected to the spine/brain no longer works - resulting in paralysis. This means that a body part would only be paralyzed distal (down/out, further from the center) to the stab wound. If a nerve is simply damaged, then the problem lay in its ability to pass on a message.
Still curious? Ask our experts.
Chat with our AI personalities
Professor
Maxine
LaoAdd your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Did george s Patton die of a horse kick?
No. He died several days after being paralyzed in an auto accident.
What is like to be stabbed?
People get stabbed accidentally or deliberately every day and live to tell about it. This question actually has many answers depending on what you were stabbed with and where you were stabbed. Usually there is a pain factor, a mental recognition of being stabbed, and a reaction to being stabbed. Small wounds like the one you get from nipple piercing, ear piercing and such often hurt for a little while and are acceptable pain for the preferred outcome. Hands, arms and legs are stabbed the most because we use them to defend ourselves. Pain can be small to horrible if they hit a nerve or bone. It is common for people to believe they have only been hit by something when they are stabbed by surprise and many don't feel much after being stabbed in the body. There are virtually no pain sensors inside your chest or abdomen. Most pain sensors are on the surface of your body as a warning that something is wrong and dangerous to you. The heart is the exception - it feels pain. So there is no simple answer. A large blade into a critical organ results in death quickly enough that most pass out and die without much pain. Small blades into muscles like your biceps will hurt like hell and continue hurting until a doctor fixes them up for you. If an artery, the heart or large veins like the ones under your arm or in your groin are punctured, death comes quickly as you bleed out. Blood loss after a stabbing is the most common cause of death. So don't pull out the weapon - it acts like a plug in the hole it made and could save your life after you are stabbed (especially true in the heart).
How did the Norman soilders fell in the battle for hastings?
Through being stabbed by swords or hit by arrows, hammers and war axes.
Who is Brutus in Caesar?
He is a senator who is said to have stabbed Caesar last and killing him. He committed suicide when being hunted by mark Antony and octavius for the assassination.
What is the summary of the ku klux klan act of 1871?
-a felony to keep someone (blacks) from voting or running for office -the president could arrest people who were suspected of being in the kkk
