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Reflexometer
An instrument that measures the force of the tap required to produce a reflex.
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Reflexograph
A device for recording and graphing a reflex, especially one produced by muscular activity.
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Reflex decay test
A test used in audiometry to see how the eardrum responds to a loud tone applied either directly to the ear of interest or to the opposite (contralateral) ear. The sonic stimulus makes the stapedius muscle contract. Data from the test help to determine whether abnormal responses to the tone are the result of damage…
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Zygomatic reflex
The movement of the lower jaw toward the percussed side when the zygomatic bone is percussed.
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Viscerosensory reflex
Pain or tenderness elicited in somatic structures (skin and muscle) caused by visceral disorder.
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Visceromotor reflex
Contraction or tenseness of the skeletal muscles resulting from painful stimuli originating in visceral organs.
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Visceral reflex
Any reflex induced by stimulation of the visceral nerves.
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Vestibulocollic reflex
A reaction that stabilizes the position of the head according to sensory information from the labyrinth of the ear and the nerves in the neck.
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Vasomotor reflex
The constriction or dilatation of a blood vessel in response to a stimulus, as in becoming pale from fright.
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Urinary reflex
The spinal cord reflex, initiated by accumulated urine stretching the bladder and the resulting contraction of the bladder to expel urine. The urge to urinate caused by the accumulation of urine in the bladder.
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