| AbSR | abnormal skin reflex |
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| ADR | activation, depression, repetition [in bone remodeling]; adrenodoxin reductase; Adriamycin; adverse ... |
| AOR | Alvarado Orthopedic Research [instruments]; auditory oculogyric reflex |
| ART | absolute retention time; Accredited Record Technician; acoustic reflex test; algebraic reconstructio... |
| ATNR | asymmetric tonic neck reflex |
| reflex, stretch | Reflex contraction of a muscle in response to stretching, which stimulates muscle proprioceptors. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| reflex, vestibulo-ocular | A reflex wherein impulses are conveyed from the cupulas of the saemicircular canals and from the otolithic membrane of the saccule and utricle via the vestibular nuclei of the brainstem 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. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reflexed | Bent sharply downwards or backwards. (09 Oct 1997) |
| reflexogenic | Causing a reflex. Synonym: reflexogenous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflexogenic pressosensitivity | Pressosensitivity also capable of initiating the regulation of heart rate, vascular tone, and blood pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflexogenic zone | The area or zone where stimulation will elicit a given reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflexogenous | Causing a reflex. Synonym: reflexogenous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflexograph | An instrument for graphically recording a reflex. Origin: reflex + G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflexology | <study> A type of complementary therapy based on pressure and massage of certain points on the soles of the human feet. Some people also claim that this technique may also be used in diagnosis. (16 Dec 1997) |
| reflexometer | An instrument for measuring the force necessary to excite a reflex. Origin: reflex + G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflexophil | Reflexophile Having exaggerated reflexes. Origin: reflex + G. Phileo, to love (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflexotherapy | Treatment of some morbid condition by producing a reflex action, as in the household treatment of nosebleed by a piece of ice applied to the cervical spine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Bezold-Jarisch reflex | A reflex with afferent and efferent pathways in the vagus, originating in unidentified chemoreceptors in the heart and resulting in sinus bradycardia, hypotension, and probable peripheral vasodilation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| biceps femoris reflex | Contraction of the biceps femoris upon tapping its lower part, just above its attachment to the head of the fibula, while the limb is partly flexed at hip and knee. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biceps reflex | Contraction of the biceps muscle when its tendon is struck. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bing's reflex | When the foot is passively dorsiflexed, plantar flexion occurs if any point on the ankle between the two malleoli is tapped. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bladder reflex | Contraction of the walls of the bladder and relaxation of the trigone and urethral sphincter in response to a rise in pressure within the bladder; the reflex can be voluntarily inhibited and the inhibition readily abolished to control micturition. Synonym: bladder reflex, urinary reflex, vesical reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone reflex | A reflex excited by a stimulus applied to a bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brachioradial reflex | With the arm supinated to 45 |
| Brain's reflex | Extension of the arm of a hemiplegic patient when turned prone as if on all fours. Synonym: Brain's reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bregmocardiac reflex | In infants, pressure upon the anterior fontanelle causing cardiac slowing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brissaud's reflex | Tickling the sole causes a contraction of the tensor fasciae latae muscle, even when there is no responsive movement of the toes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulbocavernosus reflex | A sharp contraction of the bulbocavernosus and ischiocavernosus muscles when the glans penis is suddenly compressed or tapped. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulbomimic reflex | In a case of coma from severe apoplexy, pressure on the eyeballs causes contraction of the facial muscles of expression on the side opposite to the lesion; if coma due to diabetes, uraemia, or other toxic cause the reflex is present on both sides. Synonym: facial reflex, Mondonesi's reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Capps' reflex | An obsolete eponym for vasomotor collapse at the time of crisis in pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiac depressor reflex | A fall in blood pressure due to peripheral vasodilation and cardiac inhibition by stimulations of terminations of a cardiac depressor nerve in the aortic arch and base of the heart. Synonym: aortic reflex, depressor reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gag reflex | Contact of a foreign body with the mucous membrane of the fauces causes retching or gagging. Synonym: faucial reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Reflex, Vestibuloocular, Reflexes, Vestibo-Ocular, Reflexes, Vestibuloocular, Reflex, Vestibulo Ocular, Reflexes, Vestibo Ocular, Vestibo-Ocular Reflexes, Vestibulo Ocular Reflex, Vestibuloocular Reflex, Vestibuloocular Reflexes
Synonyms : Therapy, Reflex
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Involuntary movement elicited by activation of sensory receptors.
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| reflex |
A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The nasal reflex is a sneeze.
출처: www.providence.org/alaska/tchap/glossary/R.htm
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| reflex |
A response mediated by the nervous system.
출처: www.azspinabifida.org/gloss.html
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| reflex |
The action which results from the stimulation of sensory neurons, affecting efferent neurons, without the intermediation of consciousness. It is not essential that the action be unconscious, but only that consciousness, or volition, shall not affect the action.
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| reflex |
An involuntary response of the nervous system to a stimulus, such as the stretch reflex, which is elicited by tapping a tendon with a reflex hammer, resulting in a contraction. Increased, diminished, or absent reflexes can be indicative of neurologic damage, including MS, and are therefore tested as part of the standard neurologic exam.
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