hi everyone
i was reading the spinal cord lesion lecture and i did not understand why inthe cord lesion in foramen magnum level the paralysis happens in aroumd the clock pattern???

and thanks .

ali

Simply ... god created us like that

Ha Alawy ...entaaa bitzakir min werana...

la seriously i didn't get ur question ...may be coz i haven't studied that one yet...but what do u mean by "around the clock" ?

sorry to answer ur question with another one ...

well hello zozo,
u know when the wa7ee of reading falls on u:)
but around the clock mean that the right upper limb get paralysed then the lower then the left upper limb ..got me.

so do u have an answer for me.?

ali

la wella 3lawy sorry .... still ma mirta7 to that "around the clock" thing...

r u sure of that? i mean doesn't it mean to be like a permenant damage???!!! anyway let's wait others who have studied it...or wait for me when i shall see it ...

Hey Guys , how r u ??

Well , i wrote this lecture , and actually i didnt get that too , and this statement specifically wasnt mentioned in last years' lectures , but i heard that from the Dr. this year and i wrote it as he said it , i dont know ,may b i didnt hear it well ,so if u want , u can just ignore it ....and i dont think it is something important ....

Take care .......

as I just said ... GOD created us like that .. learn to live with that my friends

hi Ali ....
well .. i think i can answer ur qustion .... i am reading the lec now and when i reached this "Around the clock" thing i remembered ur question ... anyway ... hope i am right ...
look ... in the begining the Dr. said that in the corticospinal tract the fibers of the Uppper limb is laterally and the Lower limb medially (better to draw a figure to understand).... so according to this anatomy we can understand it
when the Dr. talked about the lesion he ment that the lesion is moving from outside to inside .... i.e lets say it is coming from the right side ... so the first thing will be affected is the Rihgt Lateral side of the cord (or the corticospinal tract)which is the right Upper limb then the right medial side which is the right lower limd .. then(after crossing the midline)it will reach the Left medial side which is the left lower limb then lastly the left later saide (the most outer according to the moving lesion) which is the left Upper limb ... and vice versa if coming from the left side ... did u get me ... if u draw a figure it will be so easy ....
i understood it like this ... hope it is right ..

best wishes and good luck

i tottaly understand it now 3allawi ,
thanks alot man u are brillian .....bs mo ba3ad waket hessa yella date8raha /??????

yalla teslam warda w anshofak 8areeban .

ali

Well thanks Ali ..
u made it clear .. and this is added as an additional info though i didnt read medicine yet (just like Kade i think ) ..

THE THING THAT I UNDERSTOOD IS THAT (AROUND THE CLOCK) DOESNT MEAN CLOCKWISE .. IT COULD BE CLOCKWISE OR COUNTER CLOCKWISE .. so thanks again for the info