The triceps muscle reflex can be performed as follows:
1. The patient's upper arm is abducted (extended out to the side - away from the body)
2. The forearm is allowed to hang toward the floor.
3. The tendons which attach the triceps muscle to the elbow joint should be facing basically upward (toward the ceiling) at this point. These tendons can be identified by pressing near the elbow joint and feeling for the "rubbery" cord-like structures.
4. Place the finger firmly against one of these tendons, then strike the finger digit with the reflex hammer.
5. Watch for the hanging hand to move away from the body slightly. This is the reflex.
Put the thumb of your nondominant hand over the biceps brachii tendon in the crook of the patient's flexed elbow, cupping the rest of your hand around the olecranon. Hit your own thumb with the reflex hammer and watch for a contraction.
Place your thumb over the antecubital fossa (inside of elbow) of the patient. Then tap the reflex hammer onto your thumb and observe the reflex in their biceps.
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musculocutaneous nervethe musculocutaneous nerve
you probably mean the biceps deep tendon reflex you probably mean the biceps deep tendon reflex
Biceps jerk is a deep tendon reflex of the elbow to test C6 - C8 nerve roots it is an myotatic strectch reflex.
The effector muscle is the biceps brachii.
Test Your Reflex was created in 2004.
The biceps deep tendon reflex is controlled by the C5 component of the musculocutaneous nerve.
The instrument used by a doctor to test knee reflex is a reflex hammer. The doctor will tap the patellar tendon just below the kneecap with the reflex hammer to elicit a reflex response, which helps assess the function of the nerves and spinal cord.
biceps is voluntary because it only cotracts when it receive signal from the brain. Otherwise it can act reflex when some events stimulate it
The proper name for the hammer a doctor uses to test your reflex is just "reflex hammer". It is a medical instrument used by physicians to test deep tendon reflexes and is an important part of a neurological physical examination.
Yes
The reflexes that have one thing in common are the knee, ankle, plantar jerk, biceps, and triceps. They are all governed by reflex arcs in the spine.
Babinski's sign