Definition of Patellar reflex

1. Noun. A reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon.


Definition of Patellar reflex

1. Noun. The reflex which causes a bent knee to kick when the tendon below the patella (kneecap) is tapped. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Patellar reflex

1. A sudden contraction of the anterior muscles of the thigh, caused by a smart tap on the patellar tendon while the leg hangs loosely at a right angle with the thigh. Synonym: knee jerk, knee phenomenon, knee reflex, knee-jerk reflex, patellar tendon reflex, quadriceps reflex. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Patellar Reflex

pate feuillete
pated
patefaction
patefactions
patella
patella femoral pain syndrome
patellae
patellalgia
patellamide
patellar
patellar dislocation
patellar fossa of vitreous
patellar ligament
patellar ligaments
patellar network
patellar reflex (current term)
patellar reflexes
patellar retinaculum
patellar surface of femur
patellar tendon
patellar tendon reflex
patellas
patellate
patellectomy
patelliform
patelline
patello-adductor reflex
patellofemoral
patellometer
patellula

Literary usage of Patellar reflex

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(a) The Knee-jerk or patellar reflex This reflex, which consists of a contraction of the M. quadriceps on tapping the patellar tendon, may he tested either ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Moreover, cases of complete hysterical anesthesia and paraplegia commonly exhibit the patellar reflex. Nor is hypotonia incompatible with the ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1885)
"The Relation of Ankle-clonus to the patellar reflex.—M. Maurice de Fleury of Bordeaux contributes a few notes of interest on this point. ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1886)
"This case proves that the patellar reflex may be absent without any other symptom, or any characteristic lesion, of locomotor ataxia being present. ..."

5. Human Vitality and Efficiency Under Prolonged Restricted Diet by Francis Gano Benedict (1919)
"AND REFRACTORY PERIOD OF patellar reflex.1 Of all the human reflexes that may be elicited by appropriate stimuli, that of the patellar lends itself most ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1899)
"It is not enough to know the particular segment or segments of the cord concerned in the patellar reflex. Only certain portions of these segments are ..."

7. Psychological Effects of Alcohol: An Experimental Investigation of the by Raymond Dodge, Francis Gano Benedict (1915)
"VARIABILITY OF THE patellar reflex. In all the studies of the patellar reflex its ... Since the patellar reflex is not essential to any known vital process, ..."

8. Effect of Alcohol on Psycho-physiological Functions by Walter Richard Miles (1918)
"patellar reflex. The patellar-reflex data are given in tables 3 and 4, ... The patellar reflex was the first one of the group of ten different measurements ..."

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