Neonatal Reflexes (General)
Automatic, involuntary motor responses to specific stimuli.
What are neonatal reflexes?
Stimulus that triggers the rooting reflex: touching the baby's cheek or the area around the mouth.
What is touching the baby's cheek or the area around the mouth?
Stimulus of the Moro reflex: a sudden loud noise, movement, or feeling of...
What is falling (or feeling of falling)?
What does the acronym ATNR stand for in neonatal reflexes?
What is Tonic Neck reflex?
The four main classifications of family planning noted in your notebook: Natural, Mechanical, Surgical, and...
What is chemical?
Reflexes like sucking and rooting that help a newborn feed from the very first moments of life.
What are survival reflexes?
Baby's response in the rooting reflex: the baby turns their head toward the touch and opens...
What is their mouth?
Baby's response in the Moro reflex: suddenly extends arms and legs, opens hands, and then brings their arms back toward...
What is their body?
Stimulus that activates the ATNR: turning the baby's head to one side while they are lying on...
What is their back?
Natural family planning method based on the menstrual cycle, tracking safe and fertile periods.
What is the safe period / rhythm method?
Reflexes like blinking, coughing, and sneezing that guard against potentially harmful stimuli.
What are protection reflexes?
Main importance of the rooting reflex: it helps the baby find the breast or bottle and supports...
What is feeding?
Importance of the Moro reflex: it is a protective reflex that shows the baby's nervous system is developing...
What is normally?
Body's response in the ATNR: the arm and leg on the side the baby is looking toward extend, while the opposite arm and leg...
What is bend?
Example of a mechanical contraceptive method listed in your notes.
What is a condom (or circumcision)?
Clinical sign indicating a problem if there is absence, asymmetry, or a reflex lasting longer than expected.
What is a diagnosis?
Stimulus that activates the sucking reflex: putting a nipple, finger, or other object in...
What is the baby's mouth?
Stimulus of the palmar grasp reflex: touching or placing a finger in...
What is the baby's palm?
Stimulus of the stepping reflex: holding the baby upright with their feet touching...
What is a flat surface?
Examples of chemical methods mentioned: spermicide and pills (composed of estrogen and progesterone). What side effect risk is noted about the pills?
What are blood clots in the veins (coágulos en las venas)?
How is a neonatal reflex defined in terms of its motor control?
What is automatic and involuntary?
Importante of the sucking reflex: it allows the baby to get milk and prevents food or liquid from entering the...
What is the airway?
Importance of the plantar grasp reflex (curling toes downward when touching the bottom of the foot): helps prepare the feet for later...
What is movement and balance?
Response of the stepping reflex: the baby makes alternating movements with their legs as if they are...
What is walking?
Example of a permanent surgical method listed in your notes for family planning.
What is a vasectomy?