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Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychophysiology > Reflex > Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular
Psychological Phenomena > Psychophysiology > Reflex > Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular
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Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Nervous System Physiological Phenomena > Reflex > Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular
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Physiological Phenomena > Vestibulocochlear Physiological Phenomena > Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular

Preferred term

Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Reflexes, Vestibo Ocular
  • Reflexes, Vestibo-Ocular
  • Reflexes, Vestibuloocular
  • Reflex, Vestibuloocular
  • Vestibo-Ocular Reflexes
  • Vestibulo Ocular Reflex
  • Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
  • Vestibuloocular Reflex
  • Vestibuloocular Reflexes

Scope note

  • A reflex wherein impulses are conveyed from the cupulas of the SEMICIRCULAR CANALS and from the OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE of the SACCULE AND UTRICLE via the VESTIBULAR NUCLEI of the BRAIN STEM and the median longitudinal fasciculus to the OCULOMOTOR NERVE nuclei. It functions to maintain a stable retinal image during head rotation by generating appropriate compensatory EYE MOVEMENTS.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012027

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