- sole reflex
- plantar r.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
sole reflex
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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
Reflex, Babinski — An important neurologic test based, believe it or not, upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot is stimulated. If the big toe goes up, that may mean trouble. The Babinski reflex is obtained by stimulating the external portion (the… … Medical dictionary
Sole (foot) — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = planta GraySubject = GrayPage = |center| Caption = Soles of male (left) female (right) feet Artery = medial plantar, lateral plantar Vein = Nerve = medial plantar, lateral plantar Lymph = MeshName =… … Wikipedia
Babinski reflex — An important neurologic test based, believe it or not, upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot is stimulated. If the big toe goes up, that may mean trouble. The Babinski reflex is obtained by stimulating the external portion (the… … Medical dictionary
plantar reflex — noun flexion of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front in persons over the age of 2 years; under 2 years the results should be extension of the toes (Babinski reflex) • Hypernyms: ↑reflex … Useful english dictionary
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
Cushing reflex — (also referred to as the vasopressor response, the Cushing effect, the Cushing reaction, the Cushing phenomenon, the Cushing response, or Cushing s Law) is a physiological nervous system response to increased intracranial pressure (ICP) that… … Wikipedia
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
Babinski reflex — noun extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front; normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons • Syn: ↑Babinski,… … Useful english dictionary
babinski's reflex — noun see babinski reflex * * * /beuh bin skeez/ a reflex extension of the great toe with flexion of the other toes, evoked by stroking the sole of the foot: normal in infants but otherwise denoting central nervous system damage. Also, Babinski… … Useful english dictionary
