flexor reflex

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• paradoxical flexor reflex — dorsiflexion of the great toe or of all the toes when the deep muscles of the calf are pressed upon, seen in cases of pyramidal tract disease; called also Gordon r …   Medical dictionary

• Reflex — A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The nasal reflex is a sneeze. * * * 1. An involuntary reaction in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the… …   Medical dictionary

• flexion reflex — flexor reflex a reflex that results in movement of a limb or part toward the body, often in response to a painful stimulus; it may cause a crossed extension reflex in the contralateral body part …   Medical dictionary

• Plantar reflex — In medicine and neurology, the Babinski response to the plantar reflex is a reflex, named after Joseph Babinski (1857 1932) (a French neurologist of Polish descent), that can identify disease of the spinal cord and brain and also exists as a… …   Wikipedia

• Gordon reflex sign — Gor·don reflex, sign (gorґdən) [Alfred Gordon, American neurologist, 1874–1953] see flexor reflex, paradoxical, under reflex, and finger phenomenon (def. 1), under phenomenon …   Medical dictionary

• Gordon reflex — flexor r., paradoxical …   Medical dictionary

• Withdrawal reflex — The withdrawal reflex (nociceptive or flexor withdrawal reflex) is a spinal reflex intended to protect the body from damaging stimuli.[1] It is polysynaptic, causing stimulation of sensory, association, and motor neurons.[1] Contents 1 Example …   Wikipedia

• Patellar reflex — The patellar reflex or knee jerk is a stretch reflex and is a myotatic reflex. MechanismStriking the patellar tendon with a tendon hammer just below the patella stretches the quadriceps tendon. This stimulates stretch sensory receptors (most… …   Wikipedia

• plantar reflex — n a reflex movement of flexing the foot and toes that after the first year is the normal response to tickling of the sole compare BABINSKI REFLEX * * * a reflex obtained by drawing a bluntly pointed object (such as a key) along the outer border… …   Medical dictionary

• plantar reflex — a reflex obtained by drawing a bluntly pointed object (such as a key) along the outer border of the sole of the foot from the heel to the little toe. The normal flexor response is a bunching and downward movement of the toes. An upward movement… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction       system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …   Universalium