While examining the same victim, the doctor hits the leg with a needle. he begins near the ankle and proceeds toward the hip. what is the doctor checking for? why begin at the ankle

The doctor is checking for pain sensation. The doctor starts at the foot to check for peripheral nerves, sensory ganglia, lateral spinothalamatic, tract of the spinal cord, brainstem, thalamus, and sensory cortex. 

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