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** the rebound phenomenon, also known as the loss of the check reflex is also sometimes seen in patients with cerebellar ataxia.
The literary language norm, which is generally based on the Eastern dialects, also has the Eastern alternating reflex of yat.
It should include vital signs, a general portion dedicated to making observations about the patient's respiration ( breathing pattern ), body movements ( if any ), and of the patient's body habitus ( physique ); it should also include assessment of the brainstem and cortical function through special reflex tests such as the oculocephalic reflex test ( doll's eyes test ), oculovestibular reflex test ( cold caloric test ), nasal tickle, corneal reflex, and the gag reflex.
Caloric reflex test also evaluates both cortical and brainstem function ; cold water is injected into one ear and the patient is observed for eye movement ; if the patient's eyes slowly deviate toward the ear where the water was injected, then the brainstem is intact, however failure to deviate toward the injected ear indicates damage of the brainstem on that side.
Cranial nerve number 5 ( CN V ), and its ophthalmic branch ( V < sub > 1 </ sub >) are responsible for the afferent arm of the reflex, and the cranial nerve number 7 ( CN VII ) also known a facial nerve, is responsible for the efferent arm, causing contraction of the muscle orbicularis oculi resulting in closing of the eyes.
The EC is also responsible for the pre-processing ( familiarity ) of the input signals in the reflex nictitating membrane response of classical trace conditioning, the association of impulses from the eye and the ear occurs in the entorhinal cortex.
Parallax also affects optical instruments such as binoculars, microscopes, and twin-lens reflex cameras that view objects from slightly different angles.
They also have many parallels across the Celtic world: Nuada is cognate with the British god Nodens ; Lugh is a reflex of the pan-Celtic deity Lugus ; Tuireann is related to the Gaulish Taranis ; Ogma to Ogmios ; the Badb to Catubodua.
There is also loss of gag reflex.
The Old English is a reflex of the Common Germanic * wira-alđiz, also reflected in Old Saxon werold, Old High German weralt, Old Frisian warld and Old Norse verǫld ( whence the Icelandic veröld ).
That same year Foucault also published his first book, Mental Illness and Personality ( Maladie mentale et personnalité ), in which he exhibited his influence from both Marxist and Heideggerian thought, covering a wide range of subject matter from the reflex psychology of Pavlov to the classic psychoanalysis of Freud.
Some manufacturers such as Mamiya also provided a reflex head to attach to the viewing screen to allow the camera to be held to the eye when in use.
The Hering – Breuer reflex is also named for him.
** See also: Digital single-lens reflex camera
Humans also have a considerable amount of control over their breathing, which is an involuntary reflex for most terrestrial mammals.
Polaroid Corporation produced a number of instant film folding cameras, including the famous SX-70, which was also a single lens reflex camera.
She is probably a reflex of the Celtic Great Queen goddess Rigantona and may also be associated with the horse goddess Epona.
However, this is unlikely to cause harm, unless the body's normal reflex mechanisms ( such as gagging and coughing ) are also impaired.
At around the same time, Ivan Pavlov, who was also a Lamarckist, claimed to have observed a similar phenomenon in animals being subject to conditioned reflex experiments.

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It is less widely known that Pavlov's experiments on the conditional reflex extended to children, some of whom underwent surgical procedures, similar to those performed on the dogs, for the collection of saliva.
* Type I, formerly known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy ( RSD ), Sudeck's atrophy, reflex neurovascular dystrophy ( RND ), or algoneurodystrophy, does not have demonstrable nerve lesions.
He was known for his superior athleticism in goal, imposing stature, amazing reflex saves and inventing the idea of goalkeeper sweeping.
This phenomenon is known as the cremasteric reflex.
This is known as Cushing reflex and its triad is the subjective identifying characteristic of this stage.
The diagnosis could be differentiated from other known psychoses by a characteristic abnormality in eye pupil reflexes ( Argyll Robertson pupil ), and, eventually, the development of muscular reflex abnormalities, seizures, memory impairment ( dementia ) and other signs of relatively pervasive neurocerebral deterioration.
* The Double End Bag: Also known as the floor-ceiling bag, crazy bag, or the reflex bag, the double end bag is hooked up by two thin elastic ropes to the gym's ceiling and floor, and because of that, it moves around easily, giving the boxer good equipment for target practice and timing.
Another abnormality commonly found upon clinical examination is a brisk reflex action known as hyperreflexia.
In terminally ill patients, a failure of the reflex to swallow leads to a build-up of mucus or saliva in the throat and airways, producing a noise known as a death rattle ( not to be confused with agonal respiration, which is an abnormal pattern of breathing due to cerebral ischemia or hypoxia ).
Other than irritating foreign particles, allergies or possible illness, another stimulus is sudden exposure to bright light-a condition known as photic sneeze reflex.
In the reflex klystron ( also known as a ' Sutton ' klystron after its inventor, Robert Sutton ), the electron beam passes through a single resonant cavity.
The ankle jerk reflex, also known as the Achilles reflex, occurs when the Achilles tendon is tapped while the foot is dorsi-flexed.
A reflex action, differently known as a reflex, is an involuntary and nearly instantaneous movement in response to a stimulus.
* complex regional pain syndrome ( CRPS ), also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy ( RSD )
The most common and obvious sign of retinoblastoma is an abnormal appearance of the pupil, leukocoria, also known as amaurotic cat's eye reflex.
In Macross 7, the Zentradi are noted to be especially fearful towards other alien creatures known as the Protodeviln to the point of it being an instinctive reflex.
Sweeping and vacuuming are considered effective methods for removing them from homes though this should be done carefully so as not to trigger the defensive reaction known as reflex bleeding.
The pharyngeal reflex or gag reflex ( also known as a laryngeal spasm ) is a reflex contraction of the back of the throat, evoked by touching the roof of your mouth, the back of your tongue, the area around your tonsils and the back of your throat.

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Accompanying signs and symptoms may include decerebrate posturing ; fixed, dilated pupils ; coma or profound stupor ; quadriparesis ; absent corneal reflex ; absent doll's eye sign ; negative oculocephalic reflex ; and obliteration of the gag reflex.

reflex and eye
Given that drug poisoning causes a large portion of patients in a coma, hospitals first test all comatose patients by observing pupil size and eye movement, through the vestibular-ocular reflex.
* Nictitating Membrane Reflex, a conditionable reflex of the third membrane of the eye, present in certain species
The initial sensory response, in the retina of the eye, and the final motor response, in the oculomotor nuclei of the brain stem, are not all that different from those in a simple reflex, but the intermediate stages are completely different.
The medical examiner's report indicated that he choked to death on the cap from a bottle of eye drops he frequently used, further indicating that his use of drugs and alcohol may have contributed to his death by suppressing his gag reflex.
During such gaze saccades, first the eye produces a saccade to get gaze on target, whereas the head follows more slowly and the vestibulo-ocular reflex causes the eyes to roll back in the head to keep gaze on the target.
This represents reflection of light from the back of the eye, and is closely related to the term red reflex, used by ophthalmologists and optometrists in describing appearances on fundal examination.
The affected eye will have an absent red reflex.
*" In its second sense, the term Spectric relates to the reflex vibrations of physical sight, and suggests the luminous appearance which is seen after the exposure of the eye to intense light, and, by analogy, the after-colors of the poets initial vision.
Move the finger around ; this is to break the reflex that normally holds a covered eye in the correct vergence position.
The reflex involves consensual blinking of both eyes in response to stimulation of one eye.
The vaginismic reflex can be compared to the response of the eye shutting when an object comes towards it.
Various factors to measure readability have been used, such as " speed of perception ," " perceptibility at a distance ," " perceptibility in peripheral vision ," " visibility ," " the reflex blink technique ," " rate of work " ( e. g., speed of reading ), " eye movements ," and " fatigue in reading.
: The corneal light reflex / Hirchberg test: checking for symmetrical reflection of beam of light in the same spot on each eye when a light is shined into each cornea, to help determine whether the eyes are crossed.
The vestibulo-ocular reflex ( VOR ) is a reflex eye movement that stabilizes images on the retina during head movement by producing an eye movement in the direction opposite to head movement, thus preserving the image on the center of the visual field.
Using these direct connections, eye movements lag the head movements by less than 10 ms, and thus the vestibulo-ocular reflex is one of the fastest reflexes in the human body.
Another way of testing the VOR response is a caloric reflex test, which is an attempt to induce nystagmus ( compensatory eye movement in the absence of head motion ) by pouring cold or warm water into the ear.

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