Neuromuscular Development Quiz

What is the difference between a reflex and a reaction?

• A reflex is an involuntary response to an external stimulus, while a reaction is a voluntary response.

• A reflex is a voluntary response to an external stimulus, while a reaction is an involuntary response.

• A reflex is a conscious action, while a reaction is a non-conscious action.

• A reflex is a slow response, while a reaction is a fast response.

What is the importance of reflexes in child development?

• They are the dominant form of movement in the first 4 months after birth.

• They have no impact on survival functions.

• They do not influence normal development.

• They are not used in therapeutic programs.

Which reflexes persist during the first year of life and are related to survival and protection?

• Primitive Reflexes

• Postural Reflexes

• Cortical Reflexes

• Locomotor Reflexes

What is the function of spinal reflexes?

• Returning the child's body to a vertical position after displacement.

• Maintaining head alignment with the body and upper-body alignment with lower body.

• Phasic coordination movement reflexes coordinating muscles in patterns of total flexion or extension.

• Protecting the body from damaging stimuli.

Which reflexes respond to touch stimuli such as palmargrasp and plantar reflex?

• Reflexes responding to touch

• Reflexes responding to visual and auditory stimuli

• Reflexes responding to pressure and pain

• Reflexes responding to kinesthetic stimuli

What is the aim of protective reactions?

• To coordinate muscles of extremities in patterns of total flexion or extension.

• To return the child's body to a vertical position after displacement.

• To serve as the first level of reflexes according to CNS maturation.

• To protect the infant from a fall rather than correct a displacement.

Which reflexes are important for protection, nutrition, and survival?

• Cortical Reflexes

• Locomotor Reflexes

• Postural Reflexes

• Primitive Reflexes

What is the function of brain stem reflexes?

• Return the child's body to a vertical position after displacement.

• Interact with each other to establish normal head and body relationship in space.

• Protect the body from damaging stimuli.

• Coordinate muscles of extremities in patterns of total flexion or extension.

Which reflexes are the first to develop after birth and reach maximal effect at around age ten to twelve months?

• Cortical Reflexes

• Spinal Reflexes

• Midbrain Reflexes

• Brain Stem Reflexes

What is the aim of equilibrium reactions?

• To maintain head alignment with the body and upper-body alignment with lower body.

• To protect the infant from a fall rather than correct a displacement.

• To return the child's body to a vertical position after displacement.

• To coordinate muscles of extremities in patterns of total flexion or extension.