Answer
The knee-jerk test checks the reflex response of the person. Absence of reflex indicates a disorder of the nervous system.
Work Step by Step
As above
Biology 2010 Student Edition
by Miller, Kenneth R.; Levine, Joseph S.
Published by
Prentice Hall
ISBN 10:
9780133669510
ISBN 13:
978-0-13366-951-0
Chapter 31, Nervous System - Assessment - 31.3 The Peripheral Nervous System - Understand Key Concepts/Think Critically - Page 917: 22
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