• Question: Why do we get paralysed?

    Asked by Priyanshi to Alex, Amanda, Marco, Olivia, Sha on 15 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Alex Evans

      Alex Evans answered on 15 Mar 2017:

      Paralysation happens when people damage a part of their nervous system, often their spinal cord.

      The nervous system is a long series of connected nerve tissue that passes messages from our brain telling our muscles to move, but if there is a problem along the way and the message can’t be passed along, then the muscles won’t be able to react.

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