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infantile reflexes, moro reflex, primitive reflexes, reflexes in infants, a reflex, involuntary muscular response to a sensory stimulus, certain sensations, movements, known to produce specific muscular responses, presence, strength of a reflex, important indication of neurological development, function, the infantile reflexes disappear, the infant matures, though some remain throughout adulthood, infantile reflexes, observed by the medical team to evaluate neurological function, absent, abnormal reflexes in an infant, persistence of a reflex past the age, reflex, lost, redevelopment of an infantile reflex in an older child, adult, suggest significant neurological problems, examples of reflexes that persist into adulthood, blinking, corneal, reflex, blinks, eyes, touched, sudden bright light appears, sneeze reflex, sneezes, nasal passages irritated, gag reflex, gags, throat, back of mouth stimulated, yawn reflex, yawns, needs additional oxygen, cough reflex, coughs, airway stimulated, infantile reflexes, normal in infants, abnormal in all others, sucking reflex, sucks, area around mouth stimulated, startle reflex, pulling arms, legs inward after loud noise, step reflex, stepping motions, sole of foot touches hard surface, infantile reflexes, moro response is elicited by placing an infant on his back, support the upper body weight, the supine infant by the arms, not lifting the infant off the surface, release the arms suddenly, infant responds by throwing the arms outward, clenching the fist, appearing startled, relaxing back to a normal rest position, tonic neck reflex is elicited, the head of a relaxed child, lying on his back, rotated, side, arm toward which the infant is facing extends straight away, the hand partially open, arm on the side away, face is flexed, fist is clenched tightly, reversing the direction, the face is turned reverses the position, tonic neck position, described, the fencer's position, it resembles the stance of a fencer, grasp reflex is elicited by placing a finger on the infant's open palm, hand, close around the finger, attempting to remove the finger causes, grip to tighten, newborn infants have strong grasps, lifted, examination table, hands, rooting reflex is elicited by stroking the cheek, infant, turn toward the side that was stroked, to make sucking motions, its mouth, parachute reflex occurs, in the slightly older infant, elicited by holding the child upright then rotating the body quickly face forward, falling, arms, reflexively extended, to break a fall though this reflex appears long, walking, presence of an infantile reflex, age at which the reflex, disappears, a sign of brain damage, nervous system, abnormal presence of infantile reflexes, occur in adults, stroke, brain damage from trauma, abnormal infantile reflexes, discovered by the health care provider, exams performed, reasons, individual, parents, in the case of an infant, not have been aware, medical history, a physical examination performed, documenting infantile reflexes in detail, in an infant, what reflexes were present, at what age did each infantile reflex disappear, in an older child, adult, what reflexes were present, decreased consciousness, seizures, physical examination, an evaluation, the infantile reflexes is performed, well-baby examinations, abnormal, presence of infantile reflexes in an older child, adult is discovered, neurological examination, related to abnormal infantile reflexes.