You are performing a neurological assessment of your adolescent patient.
The patient has the Moro reflex.
How should you interpret this neurological assessment finding?
A- It is normal among adolescents.
B- It indicates that the patient has an intact peripheral nervous system.
C- It indicates that the patient has an intact central nervous system.
D- It is not a normal finding.
Correct Response: D
The Moro reflex is a primitive, childhood reflex that disappears long before adolescence and at about 3 months after birth. The Moro reflex is also referred to as the startle reflex.
Other primitive, infant reflexes are the sucking, rooting, step, tonic neck, Galant, grasp and parachute reflexes.
How should you interpret this neurological assessment finding?
A- It is normal among adolescents.
B- It indicates that the patient has an intact peripheral nervous system.
C- It indicates that the patient has an intact central nervous system.
D- It is not a normal finding.
Correct Response: D
The Moro reflex is a primitive, childhood reflex that disappears long before adolescence and at about 3 months after birth. The Moro reflex is also referred to as the startle reflex.
Other primitive, infant reflexes are the sucking, rooting, step, tonic neck, Galant, grasp and parachute reflexes.
