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While examining the same victim, the doctor hits the leg with a needle. He begins near the ankle and proceeds toward the hip. What is the doctor checking for? Why begin at the ankle

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The doctor is checking for pain sensation. The doctor starts at the foot to check for peripheral nerves, sensory ganglia, lateral spinothalamatic, tract of the spinal cord, brainstem, thalamus, and sensory cortex. 

The doctor is checking for ankle reflex because if there is no ankle reflex then it is a sign of neurological disorder.

What is reflex?

  • "It is an action or movement that is made automatically without thinking as a reaction to a stimulus."
  • Example: blinking, salivating, etc.

What do you mean by neurological disorder?

  • "The disorders that affect the brain as well as the nerves found throughout the human body and the spinal cord is called neurological disorder."
  • When a doctor pins or tapped ankle, the signal is send to the spinal cord via sensory nerve. From their it is send to the motor nerve. This will cause the muscle near that region to contract and 'j erk' up. If no 'j erk' occurs then the nerves are not working properly and it can lead to serious disorder. This is done to other parts of the body to know the response of various nerves.

Hence, to know about the reflex (the absence of which can cause various neurological disorder), the doctors begins near the ankle and proceeds towards the hip.

To know more about reflex action here

https://brainly.com/question/10723984

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