nasomental reflex

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nasomental reflex

[-men′təl]

Etymology: L, nasus, nose, mentum, chin, reflectere, to bend back

a reflex elicited by tapping the side of the nose, thereby causing contraction of the mentalis muscle with elevation of the lower lip and wrinkling of the skin of the chin.

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