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| valign="top" |This 5-day-old infant is in the alert, quiet state. | | valign="top" |This 5-day-old infant is in the alert, quiet state. | ||
* The Moro reflex is obtained by holding the baby’s head and shoulders off of the mat with the arms held in flexion on the chest. | * The [[M#Moro reflex|Moro reflex]] is obtained by holding the baby’s head and shoulders off of the mat with the arms held in flexion on the chest. | ||
* The examiner suddenly lets the head and shoulders drop back a few inches while releasing the arms. | * The examiner suddenly lets the head and shoulders drop back a few inches while releasing the arms. | ||
* The arms should fully abduct and extend, then return towards the midline with the hand open and the thumb and the index finger forming a “C” shape. | * The arms should fully abduct and extend, then return towards the midline with the hand open and the thumb and the index finger forming a “C” shape. |
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Newborn-normal-behaviour.jpg</wikiflv> | This 5-day-old infant is in the alert, quiet state.
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- Neural Exam Movies: normal behaviour | cranial nerves | Newborn Tone - resting posture | upper extremity | arm traction | arm recoil | scarf sign | hand position | lower extremity | leg traction | leg recoil | popliteal angle | heel to ear | neck tone | head lag | head control | Newborn Positions - prone | ventral suspension | vertical suspension | Newborn Reflexes - deep tendon reflexes | plantar reflex | suck, root | Moro | Galant | stepping | grasp | Newborn Head - head shape and sutures | head circumference | Neonatal Diagnosis
Movie Source - Paul D. Larsen |
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Movies from the PediNeuroLogic Exam website are used by permission of Paul D. Larsen, M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center and Suzanne S. Stensaas, Ph.D., University of Utah School of Medicine. Additional materials were drawn from resources provided by Alejandro Stern, Stern Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Kathleen Digre, M.D., University of Utah; and Daniel Jacobson, M.D., Marshfield Clinic, Wisconsin. The movies are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike 2.5 License. |
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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, April 19) Embryology Neural Exam - Newborn reflexes - Moro. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Neural_Exam_-_Newborn_reflexes_-_Moro
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