As a portion of the assessment of the patient with meningitis,the health care provider flexes the patient's neck to the chest.The patient responds with flexion of the legs and thighs.The name for this response is:
A) Decorticate posturing
B) Decerebrate posturing
C) Kernig's sign
D) Brudzinski's sign

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Brudzinski's sign is demonstrated by flexion of the legs and thighs with forceful flexion of the neck onto the chest.
Decorticate posturing occurs when the arms are bent forward on the chest and the hands clenched.
Decerebrate posturing occurs when the upper extremities extend.
Kernig's sign occurs when the patient straightens the knee with the hip and knee in a flexed position.

As a Portion of the Assessment of the Patient with Meningitis,the