During a football game, a young man suffers an injury to his spinal chord at the first thoracic vertebrae. What major functions could be lost due to his injury?

The nerves around a vertebra control specific parts of the body. Paralysis occurs in the areas of the body that are controlled by the nerves associated with the damaged vertebrae and the nerves below the damaged vertebrae. The higher the injury on the spinal cord, the more paralysis there is.