You are performing a neurological assessment of your adolescent patient. The patient has the Moro reflex.. It is not a normal finding



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.