Like the knee jerk reflex, the Lazarus sign is an example of a reflex mediated by a reflex arc a neural pathway which passes via the spinal column but not through the brain.
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The jaw jerk reflex is an example; tapping the jaw elicits a reflex closure of the jaw in the same way that tapping the knee elicits a reflex kick of the lower leg.
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Alabama's new chief justice, Republican Roy Moore, said Friday's ruling takes a step toward correcting what had been " an almost knee-jerk reflex " by the state appeals courts to overrule judges who had denied abortions to minors.
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A likelier outcome is that Al Gore wins the nomination _ thanks to name recognition, the front-loading of the primary schedule and the knee-jerk reflexes of the party machinery _ without becoming a more appealing candidate in the process.
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Smokers tend to have impairments in such things as the knee jerk reflex, so smoking seems to affect coordination, Leistikow said . " If reflexes and coordination are impaired, then people are at a higher risk of injury, " he said.
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During medical examinations, in addition to testing for the knee jerk reflex, sometimes they test for this thing where they ask you to cough, and listen with the stethoscope for some kind of reflex in your abdomen at the places where I imagine your ovaries would be ( except I'm male, so I don't have any ovaries ).
