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In medicine, the oculocephalic reflex, also doll's eye reflex, is an eye movement to maintain forward gaze in response to neck rotation. It is considered a normal response. Medicine on the Web NLM (National Library of Medicine, contains resources for patients and healthcare professionals) Virtual Hospital (digital health sciences library by the University of Iowa) Online Medical Information- medical news, links and resources. ...
An eye is an organ that detects light. ...
The neck is the part of the body on many limbed vertebrates that distinguishes the head from the torso or trunk. ...
The name doll's eye reflex comes from the fact that many dolls with movable eyes exhibit the reflex. Look up doll in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
It can be used to evaluate dizzy patients for vestibular pathologies and yields information similar to testing the vestibulo-ocular reflex.[1] Dizzy may refer to: Dizzy - Who needs an explination? I Kick ass! Thats all you need to know. ...
See also Labyrinth, an article treating the mythical maze that imprisoned the Minotaur. ...
Figure 3 Three-neuron arc, during a head movement to the right. ...
In the setting of brain injury, an absent oculocephalic reflex carries a very poor prognosis.[2] Brain damage or brain injury is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. ...
Physicians sometimes test for it when assessing whether a patient is brain dead. In a dead person the eyes remain fixed relative to the head when the neck is rotated. Since the test involves rapid neck movement, it is contraindicated in patients with spinal cord injuries and suspected spinal cord injures. Physician examining a child The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. ...
Brain death is defined as a complete and irreversible cessation of brain activity. ...
This page deals with the cessation of life. ...
In medicine, a contraindication is a condition or factor that increases the risk involved in using a particular drug, carrying out a medical procedure or engaging in a particular activity. ...
The spinal cord is a part of the vertebrate nervous system that is enclosed in and protected by the vertebral column (it passes through the spinal canal). ...
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Brain death is defined as a complete and irreversible cessation of brain activity. ...
External link - Oculocephalic reflex - fpnotebook.com
References - ^ Harvey SA, Wood DJ. The oculocephalic response in the evaluation of the dizzy patient. Laryngoscope. 1996 Jan;106(1 Pt 1):6-9. PMID 8544630
- ^ Pillai S, Praharaj SS, Mohanty A, Kolluri VR. Prognostic factors in children with severe diffuse brain injuries: a study of 74 patients. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2001 Feb;34(2):98-103. PMID 11287810
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