REFLEXES

Question 1

👉🏻Examination of Reflexes

is a medical maneuver wherein the patient clenches the teeth, flexes both sets of fingers into a hook-like form and interlocks those sets of fingers together. The tendon below the patient’s knee is then hit with a reflex hammer to elicit the patellar reflex.

Answer 1

The Jendrassik maneuver

Question 2

👉🏻Examination of Reflexes

examination of the reflex integrity, 2 main types

Answer 2

• Deep Tendon Reflexes (DTRs)
• Superficial Cutaneous Reflexes

Question 3

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Assessed by tapping over the tendon using standard reflex hammer

Answer 3

Deep Tendon Reflexes

Question 4

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2+ OR ++

Answer 4

NORMAL

Question 5

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grade 0 reflex =

Answer 5

ABSENT

Question 6

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1+ or +

Answer 6

HYPOACTIVE

Question 7

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3+ or +++

Answer 7

hyperactive without clonus

Question 8

a reflex grade of…

4+ or ++++

Answer 8

hyperactive with clonus

Question 9

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the reflex grading scale ranges from….

Answer 9

0 to 4+

Question 10

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C5, C6 reflex

Answer 10

biceps and brachioradialis reflex

(Osullivan)

Question 11

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C7, C8 reflex

Answer 11

triceps reflex

Question 12

👉🏻Examination of Reflexes

L2, L3, L4 reflex

Answer 12

patellar reflex

Question 13

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L5, S1, S2 reflex

Answer 13

hamstring reflex

(rarely tested)

Question 14

👉🏻Examination of Reflexes

S1, S2 reflex

Answer 14

ankle reflex

(Aquiles tendon)

Question 15

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jaw reflex

Answer 15

trigeminal nerve

Question 16

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Spasmodic alteration of muscular contraction and relaxation in response to sustained quick stretch of a spastic muscle. Commonly seen in ankle, wrist and jaw.

Answer 16

Clonus

Question 17

👉🏻Examination of Reflexes

Stroke up the lateral side of the sole of the foot

Answer 17

Babinski sign: (+) when dorsiflexion of big toe with fanning of the others

Question 18

👉🏻Examination of Reflexes

abdominal reflexes

Answer 18