1) Patellar reflex
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1) Automatic 2) Involuntary 3) Involuntary reaction 4) Kind of reaction 5) Like some reactions 6) Mechanical 7) Readily predictable 8) Reflex 9) Reflex action 10) Reflexive response 11) Slang for a reflex action 12) Spontaneous 13) Thoughtless 14) Unconscious 15) Unconsidered 16) Unthinking
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• A jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle.
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The reflex tested by tapping just below the bent knee on the patellar tendon to cause the quadriceps muscle to contract and bring the lower leg forward. It has given rise to the saying: a knee-jerk reaction. Also known medically as the patellar reflex. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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knee jerk reflex a kick reflex produced by sharply tapping the patellar ligament. To test this reflex, the lower part of the leg is allowed to hang relaxed (such as by crossing the legs at the knees) and the examiner taps the ligament below the patella with a small rubber hammer. The normal reaction is contraction of the quadric...
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Knee jerk (Physiol.) A jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle.
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(KJ) Type: Term Synonyms: patellar reflex
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Knee-jerk: Adjective meaning readily predictable to the point of being automatic. Knee-jerk often has a negative connotation and conveys the idea of an all-too-hasty, impulsive, irrational response based on a preset idea. For example, a dictator's knee-jerk response to a democratic movement is to suppress it. The term is derived from the reaction w...
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Knee jerk: The reflex tested by tapping just below the knee causing the lower leg to suddenly jerk forward. What is tapped to elicit this reaction is the patellar tendon, the tendon that runs down from the quadriceps muscle in the front of the thigh, over the kneecap (the patella), down to the lower leg. And what happens is that the quadriceps cont...
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Knee-jerk is slang for a reflex action.
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n] - a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon
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knee-jerk reflex noun a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon
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a reflex extension of the leg, caused by contraction of the quadriceps, resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon; patellar reflex.
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