The new mother calls the nurse to her room to show how her baby is "jerking around" when she changes his position. The nurse explains that this response is the normal:
a. traction reflex.
b. Babinski reflex.
c. tonic neck reflex.
d. Moro reflex.
D
The Moro reflex (startle reflex) causes the baby to abduct the extremities and fan the fingers with the thumb and index fingers making a "C" shape followed by flexion and adduction of the extremities.
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