What dictates which region of the body becomes paralyzed?

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Like when you hear about somebody being paralyzed from the neck/waist down, what’s behind that? Also, why is it so commonly those two spots?

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It depends on where along a spinal cord one is injured. The higher up, the greater risk of more paralysis. So an injury in the neck could mean full paralysis while an injury in the lower back, below the arms, would mean leg paralysis.

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