Deck 9: Infant Reflexes and Stereotypies

Question 1

The labyrinthine reflex is an example of what sort of reflex?

A) Primitive reflex
B) Postural reflex
C) Walking reflex
D) Crawling reflex

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which reflex is related to the development of later voluntary movement?

A) Primitive reflex
B) Labyrinthine reflex
C) Walking reflex
D) Search reflex

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which infant reflex is most commonly tested to detect neurological dysfunction?

A) Search reflex
B) Walking reflex
C) Moro reflex
D) Labyrinthine reflex

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is one of the most well known infant reflexes, may also be one of the first to emerge, and is a response to tactile stimulation of the palm?

A) Asymmetric tonic reflex
B) Palmar mandibular reflex
C) Plantar grasp reflex
D) Palmar grasp reflex

Question 5

When the bottom of the foot is stroked from the heel to the toes causing the toes to fan out and extend, which reflex is being observed?

A) Plantar grasp reflex
B) Babinski reflex
C) Palmar grasp reflex
D) Startle reflex

Question 6

When the base of either palm is scratched, causing the lower jaw to open and close, which reflex is being observed?

A) Symmetric tonic neck reflex
B) Babinski reflex
C) Palmar mental reflex
D) Moro reflex

Question 7

How is the plantar grasp reflex elicited?

A) Applying slight pressure to the ball of the foot, causing all the toes to flex
B) Applying pressure simultaneously to the palm of each hand, which results in the mouth opening, the eyes closing, the neck flexing, and the head tilting forward
C) Placing the baby in a prone position and turning the head to one side
D) Touching the palm of the hand

Question 8

Involuntary swimming-like movements can be elicited at around what age?

A) 1 year old
B) 6 months old
C) 3 months old
D) A few days after birth

Question 9

What reflex is elicited by turning the baby's body in either direction when she is supine?

A) Parachuting reflex
B) Moro reflex
C) Head-righting reflex
D) Pull-up reflex

Question 10

What reflex occurs when the infant is tipped off balance in any direction and appears to relate to the attainment of upright posture?

A) Parachuting reflex
B) Moro reflex
C) Head-righting reflex
D) Pull-up reflex

Question 11

Which reflex is related to upright posture?

A) Labyrinthine reflex
B) Startle reflex
C) Palmar mandibular reflex
D) Babinski reflex

Question 12

Which of the following are rhythmic, patterned, and seemingly centrally controlled groups of movements characteristic of infancy?

A) postural reflexes
B) stereotypies
C) primitive reflexes
D) involuntary reflexes

Question 13

Which of the following is true about the number of different stereotypies?

A) They are not observable in the first year of life
B) They depend on the gender of the child
C) They increase throughout the first year of life
D) They depend on the ethnic background of the child

Question 14

Which of the following is true about infant reflexes?

A) They are processed in the lower brain centers or the brain stem.
B) They are only present prenatally.
C) They are variable, appearing very differently each time the stimulus is applied.
D) They are cortical.

Question 15

How many infant reflexes exist?

A) 21
B) 36
C) 41
D) Pinpointing the exact number of infant reflexes is difficult

Question 16

The Moro reflex is one of the most useful infant reflexes for medical diagnosis. Which of the following may be an indication of a neurological dysfunction?

A) Failure to appear at all
B) The degree of the response
C) Persistence of the reflex past the time it would typically disappear
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 17

What do the following sentences refer to :
-below the level of the higher brain centers.

Question 18

What do the following sentences refer to :
-reflexes predominantly used for protection, survival, and nutrition.

Question 19

What do the following sentences refer to :
-reflexes related to the development of later voluntary movement.

Question 20

What do the following sentences refer to :
-a response to tactile stimulation of the palm of the hand.

Question 21

What do the following sentences refer to :
-the creation of a negative intraoral pressure and a positive pressure from a pressing of the tongue.

Question 22

What do the following sentences refer to :
-the bow and arrow, or fender's position.

Question 23

What do the following sentences refer to :
-occurs upon stroking the bottom or lateral portion of the foot.

Question 24

What do the following sentences refer to :
-elicits a facial response when the base of the palm of either hand is scratched.

Question 25

What do the following sentences refer to :
-elicited by turning the baby's head in either direction when the baby is supine; the head responds by righting itself with the body.

Question 26

What do the following sentences refer to :
-characterized by the head tilting in the direction opposite of a tilting of the body.

Question 27

What do the following sentences refer to :
-upon a stimulus, the supporting arm(s) flex or extend in an apparent effort to maintain an upright position.

Question 28

What do the following sentences refer to :
-relatively intrinsic, rhythmical, patterned, movement that decreases anxiety and tension and provides stimulation for further development.

Question 29

Human reflexes are typically initiated in the higher brain centers.

Question 30

Though infant reflexes are more common during the first year of life, they normally persist throughout childhood in some form.

Question 31

Primitive reflexes are those reflexes that are thought to relate to later voluntary movement.

Question 32

Infant reflexes can be useful as diagnostic tools to help determine the infant's neurological maturation.

Question 33

The palmar grasp reflex is usually one of the last infant reflexes to emerge.

Question 34

The sucking reflex sometimes exists prenatally (i.e., in utero).

Question 35

The symmetric tonic neck reflex is often referred to as the bow and arrow or fencer's position.

Question 36

The Babinski reflex is often evident at birth.

Question 37

The palmar mandibular reflex is elicited by applying pressure simultaneously to the palms of both hands.

Question 38

Stereotypies are rhythmical, patterned, seemingly centrally controlled movements found in normal, healthy infants.