| 释义 |
periosteal reflex per·i·os·te·al re·flexreflex muscle contraction mistakenly assumed to result from tapping various long bones; the term is a misnomer because these are actually deep tendon reflexes, in that the bone itself has no receptors to initiate such muscle action.per·i·os·te·al re·flex (perē-ostē-ăl rēfleks) Reflex muscle contraction mistakenly assumed to result from tapping various long bones; misnomer because these are actually deep tendon reflexes, in that bone itself has no receptors to initiate such muscle action. |