Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

reflejos osteotendinosos

English translation:

osteotendinous reflexes

Added to glossary by Albert Golub
Feb 11, 2001 05:31
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Spanish term

reflejos osteotendinosos

Non-PRO Spanish to English Medical
Medical certificate, term included in section on physical examination of patient

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osteotendinous reflexes

not reflections doesn't deal with light!
eurodicautom medical section
the most famous is "knee jerk"
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osteotendinous reflections

osteotendinosos=osteotendinous

it means it shows signs of osteotendinosis

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deep tendon reflexes

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflejo
Artículo principal: Reflejo osteotendinoso
También reciben el ****nombre de profundos****, de estiramiento muscular o miotáticos. Consisten en que al estirar un músculo éste responde con una contracción que se opone al estiramiento.

NOW COMPARE WITH THE ENGLISH PAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflex#Other_reflexes
Stretch reflexes[edit]
The stretch reflexes (often called deep tendon reflexes, though not to be confused with Golgi tendon reflexes) provide information on the integrity of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. Generally, decreased reflexes indicate a peripheral problem, and lively or exaggerated reflexes a central one.

There are only some 20+ examples of "osteotendinous reflexes".
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