define the term flaccidity
A. loss of muscle tone
B. series of rhythmic jerks in a muscle that occur below the lesion level
C. fine twitches that can be seen on electrocardiogram
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what is the job of the upper motor neurons
A. to carry motor information from the cortex to CN’s in the brain stem or interneurones that synapses in the ventral horn
B. to carry motor information from the motor cell bodies in ventral horn to skeletal muscles
C. preservation of sensory and motor functions
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