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The parachute reflex is a primitive reflex. It is a variation of the Moro reflex and occurs in slightly older infants. It is apparent when you hold a child upright and then rotate their body quickly face forward (as if falling). If the motor nerve development is normal, the infant at 4 to 6 months will extend the arms, hands, and fingers on both sides of the body in a protective movement as if to break a fall, even though this reflex appears long before the baby walks
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Nervous system physiology: neurophysiology - reflex | |
|---|---|
| Cranial nerve |
midbrain: Pupillary light reflex • Accommodation reflex |
| Stretch reflexes |
upper limb: Biceps reflex C5/C6 • Brachioradialis reflex C6 • Triceps reflex C7/C8 |
| Primitive reflexes |
Galant • Gastrocolic • Grasp • Moro • Rooting • Stepping • Sucking • Tonic neck • Parachute |
| Superficial reflexes | |
| Lists |
general • alphabetical • by organ |
| Cardiovascular |
Bainbridge reflex • Bezold-Jarisch reflex • Coronary reflex • Mammalian diving reflex • Oculocardiac reflex |
| Other |
Acoustic reflex • H-reflex • Golgi tendon reflex • Optokinetic • Startle reaction • Withdrawal reflex (Crossed extensor reflex) |