| optical righting reflexes | Visual stimuli that enable an animal to maintain the correct position of the head in space, by bringing about movements of the muscles of the neck and limbs. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| utricular reflexes | See: statotonic reflexes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labyrinthine reflexes | Reflex's initiated through stimulation of receptors in the utricle or saemicircular canals. See: statotonic reflexes, statokinetic reflex, righting reflexes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labyrinthine righting reflexes | Stimulation of the proprioceptors of the labyrinth causes changes in tone of the neck muscles which bring the head into its natural position in space. (05 Mar 2000) |