When Newborns Are Held Upright, with Feet Touching a Flat

question 263

Short Answer

When newborns are held upright, with feet touching a flat surface, they move their legs as if to walk; this is the _____ reflex.

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Definitions:

Mitosis

A cellular division process whereby two progeny cells are formed, each carrying the same amount and variety of chromosomes as the parental nucleus, commonly seen in regular tissue growth.

Spindle Poles

The ends of a spindle apparatus, which play a critical role in pulling apart chromosomes during cell division.

Midway

A term typically referring to a central or halfway point in distance or time.

Homologous Chromosomes

Paired chromosomes in a diploid organism, one from each parent, that are similar in length, gene position, and centromere location, and pair up during meiosis.