Question

A patient can't feel his fingers after a hard fall on his arm during a wrestling match. The doctor suspects nerve damage. What part of the patient's peripheral nervous system could be injured?

Answer 1

Sensory nerve?

Answer 2

Motor neuron is the part of the peripheral nervous system that could be injured.

A motor neuron (or motoneuron) is a nerve cell (neuron) whose cell body is located in the spinal cord and whose fiber (axon) projects outside the spinal cord to directly or indirectly control effector organs, mainly muscles and glands.

Answer 3

Sensory nerve