Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO The Moro reflex is a protective "primitive reflex" seen in healthy babies up to ...

A reflex hammer is a medical instrument used to test reflexes of the deep tendons to check for abnormalities of the nervous system. Today’s models often provide easy reflex testing that causes ...

Then the examiner determines range of motion (ROM) of the neck and extremities and perform a sensory evaluation, manual muscle testing, and elicitation of normal and abnormal reflexes. Necessary ...

Gary Larson's humor in The Far Side relied on evoking what he called the "What-the?" Reflex, an immediate reaction from readers that came instinctively, before they could analyze the comic ...

A reflex action follows this general sequence and does not involve the conscious part of the brain. This is why the response is so fast. Receptor in the skin detects a stimulus (the change in ...