Abdominal reflexes
abdominal reflexes
abdominal reflexes pl.n.
Contractions of the muscles of the abdominal wall upon stimulation of the skin or upon the tapping of neighboring bony structures.
Historical Examples
The superficial reflexes disappear early on both sides; the abdominal reflexes being lost sooner than the knee-jerks.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities–Head–Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles
No foot clonus, no Babinski; abdominal reflexes present, cremasteric not elicited; catalepsy not always present.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck
The abdominal reflexes, both upper and lower, were sluggish.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: Louis Marshall Warfield
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