Cerebral Palsy maybe/maybe not

an area with less cross flow from other vessels. Sensory and motor are in this arterial flow zone so sensory loss in the arm can be severe. From knee down the brain region is in the area between the hemispheres where anterior and posterior arteries have some contribution. Thus hands worse than feet. Children with four limbs involved with the uppers more than the lowers in a pattern of elbow & wrist flexion and leg extension are often called bilateral hemiplegia (rather than quadriplegia) to emphasize this pattern of kind of involvement rather than just a limb count. In effect, both middle cerebral arteries were compromised or bilateral hemorrhages occurred. Sudden low blood flow might involve the middle cerebral territory most as there is least cross flow from other vessels (at full term, this is not so earlier in development). It would seem that the brain surface, anticipating birth shearing of the skull, drops cross connecting vessels that were feeding the brain surface. Quadriplegia - in the context of this list this term is OK, but not best - It implies a very generalized event, such as anoxia better called TOTAL BODY as the head and neck are involved (and not excluded just because they are not limbs). Besides this term has already been claimed. Spinal injury may use this term (correctly), but seldom is that so with CP.

Total body CP? There can be good blood flow with poor oxygenation such as is caused by placental disconnection. The child's heart pumps but the blood gets no oxygen from mother. CO2 also builds, as does acidosis.