Infant Reflex Quiz

What age is the traction response typically integrated?

• 1-2 months

• 2-3 months

• 2-5 months

• 3-6 months

What is the main purpose of the moro reflex?

• protective response & facilitate open body position

• precursor to prehension

• promotes child looking at hand

• facilitate rolling

What reflex is important for learning how to sit and assume hands and knees position?

• Galant

• Traction response

• Body Righting (BOB)

• Neo-natal positive support

Which of the following reflexes start at 3-4 months?

• Symmetric tonic neck reflex (STNR)

• Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex (ATNR)

• Galant

• Landau

Which of the following reflexes has two testing positions?
(select all that apply, there are THREE)

• Plantar grasp

• Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex

• Protective Extension UE

• Symmetric tonic neck reflex

• Moro

When does the symmetrical tonic neck reflex emerge (onset)?

• birth

• 1-2 months

• 3-4 months

• 4-6 months

What is a positive response for a NOB reflex (Neck on body?)

• extensor tone of neck

• flexor tone of neck

• child will roll with rotation of shoulders & trunk then pelvis

• child will rotate with pelvis then shoulders & trunk

Which of the following describes a positive sign for an ATNR?

• arm & leg will extend same side head is turned and contralateral side flexes

• arm & leg will flex on the same side head is turned and contralateral side extends

• child will turn to prone and flex legs

• child will turn to supine and extend legs

What does asymmetry of the rooting reflex might signal?

• difficulty with release of objects

• injury of one side of the brain

• at high risk for scoliosis

• hypotonus

What reflex is also referred to as optical righting?

• ATNR

• Labyrinthine righting

• NOB

• BOB