near reflex
11Rooting reflex — A reflex seen in newborn babies, who automatically turn their face toward the stimulus and make sucking (rooting) motions with the mouth when the cheek or lip is touched. The rooting reflex helps to ensure breastfeeding. * * * a primitive reflex… …
12Snout reflex — The Snout reflex is a pouting or pursing of the lips that is elicited by light tapping of the closed lips near the midline. The contraction of the muscles causes the mouth to resemble a snout.This reflex is tested in a neurological exam and if… …
13accommodation reflex — (convergence reflex) the constriction of the pupils and inward turning of the eyes that occurs when an individual focuses on a near object. * * * the coordinated changes that occur when the eye adapts itself for near vision; they are constriction …
14lip reflex — a reflex movement of the lips of sleeping babies, which occurs on tapping near the angle of the mouth …
15accommodation reflex — convergence reflex the constriction of the pupils and inward turning of the eyes that occurs when an individual focuses on a near object …
16rooting reflex — a primitive reflex present in newborn babies: if the cheek is stroked near the mouth, the infant will turn its head to the same side to suckle …
17convergency reflex — convergence of the visual axes with fixation on a near point …
18epigastric reflex — contraction of the abdominal muscles caused by stimulating the skin of the epigastrium or over the fifth and sixth intercostal spaces near the axilla …
19pectoral reflex — with the subject s upper limb placed halfway between adduction and abduction and the examiner s finger in the muscle tendon near the humerus, adduction and slight internal rotation are normally produced by a sharp blow of the finger …
20snout reflex — pursing of the lips into a snout shape when there is a light tap near the midline of the lips, occurring normally during infancy; although its appearance later in life may indicate neurologic disease, it is also seen in healthy individuals …
