That short description is enough to trigger the gag reflex in almost anyone. |
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As seen in toads, stereotypy may indicate that proprioceptive or reflex feedback is needed to control a particular biomechanical system. |
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However, if liquid-based cytology is used, reflex HPV DNA testing for oncogenic HPV types is the preferred method of evaluation. |
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Whereas on Court TV the camera couldn't help itself, panning in twitchy reflex to the stone-cold defendant. |
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Anorectal manometry is indicated to demonstrate the rectoanal inhibitory reflex and to rule out Hirschsprung's disease. |
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The plaintiff in this case had reflex sympathetic dystrophy in his left arm caused by a work-related accident. |
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Pain and hyperesthesia induce reflex muscle spasms, which leads to voluntary guarding. |
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The hyperesthetic nerve manifests itself first by pain, secondly by a reflex act on a motor apparatus. |
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But it is also a Pavlovian reflex that lacks the benefit of judgment required of ethical decision making. |
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The florets incurve or reflex in a regular manner and fully conceal the center. |
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The stress relief through picking became a ritual or habit, a conditioned reflex in response to stress. |
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The drops are instilled to locally anesthetize the surgical eye and reduce the blink reflex in both eyes. |
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The blink reflex was characterized by an initial triphasic wave on the ipsilateral stimulus side, followed by a polyphasic wave on both sides. |
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The yellowtail sashimi triggered a gag reflex so bad I almost threw up at the table. |
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I don't have a strong gag reflex but if you put a piece of plastic in my mouth for more than three minutes I will gag. |
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Dentists may use viscous lidocaine to reduce the gag reflex in children during dental X-rays and impressions. |
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The gag reflex in babies is very strong and naturally pushes food forward before it is in any danger of blocking the throat. |
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On the assumption that an exaggerated gastrocolic reflex is indeed the problem, you can address it in two ways. |
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I poured a tumbler and forced myself to sip it, hand shaking like a derro, fighting back the gag reflex with the power of my mind. |
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Look at the eyes again, concentrating on the light reflex in the iris and pupil. |
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If light reflex is diminished in one eye, a swinging flashlight test may discriminate between an afferent lesion and an efferent lesion. |
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The stability control system also triggers a reflex to dry the brakes when streets are wet, so they grip better. |
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By our high quality level of materials and workmanship, the best results in reflex and durableness are achieved. |
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Look down and all you can see is lush jungle foliage slipping away at a reflex angle that would make a maths teacher proud. |
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Without notice and forewarning, he had come in at his subjects at a reflex angle. |
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The mechanism sees the device forming a tent-like shape, with the screen folded in a reflex angle, facing upward. |
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Despite her ravenous hunger, Alicia had to struggle to stifle her gag reflex. |
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His quick and strong wrists, his reflex action, and keen eyesight all figured in his ability to succeed as a hitter. |
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A cough is a reflex action to clear the airways of mucus, phlegm, irritants or a foreign body. |
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Actually, coughing is a healthy reflex that helps clear the airways in the throat and chest. |
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Either mechanical tapping or electrical stimulation of the supraorbital regions may evoke the blink reflex. |
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Two significant complications of lung transplantation include the impairment of the cough reflex and mucociliary clearance. |
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The medulla controls this involuntary swallowing reflex, although voluntary swallowing may be initiated by the cerebral cortex. |
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Elevation of the larynx during the swallowing reflex protects the airway and opens the upper esophageal sphincter. |
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Border Collies have a high startle reflex, which can sometimes endanger their lives. |
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The points on the ear have their reflex to different bodily functions or organs. |
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Her feet followed his automatically, as a reflex from many hour of being tortured in etiquette, posture, and dance classes. |
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This individualism was perhaps a natural reflex of an economy bursting forth from its medieval limitations. |
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Orza is the Italian reflex of a common Romance word generally thought to be of Latin origin. |
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During the initial inflammatory phase of this process the muscle responds with a reflex spasm which is the tightness or knot you can feel. |
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It is a complex reflex response to the stimulation of the cough receptors of the lung. |
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What he found was that every bird in a particular species has certain inflexible patterns of behavior, reflex responses to very specific stimuli. |
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In a reflex action the body cuts the supply of blood to the arms and legs preventing swimming, and people then sink and drown. |
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We now know that this reflex response is initiated from the class of sensory receptors called muscle spindle receptors. |
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This suggests that reflex mechanisms are diminished during the transition to sleep. |
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In the respiratory tract, complex reflex responses to the gastric refluxate occur in children by three mechanisms. |
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The same event, however, can take place without a swallow as a reflex response to mechanical stimulation of the esophagus. |
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Later it becomes a reflex action in response to the baby's cry or just by thinking about the baby or feeding. |
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The tongue directs the bolus of chewed food to the pharynx as an initial step in the involuntary reflex swallowing mechanism. |
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Even the tears that fell were automatic, more a reflex action than reflection of any real emotion. |
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So in some quarters the reflex response to the presidential election of November 2004 has been to emphasise how little has changed. |
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Superimposed on this reflex arc, are suprasegmental modifying influences from the brain stem, cerebellum, basal ganglia, and cerebral cortex. |
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When the normal sympathetic reflex arc fails to discontinue at the appropriate time, a temporary vasoconstrictive action of small vessels occurs. |
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These relaxations are vagally mediated, but the reflex arc that produces them can be affected by stimulation of other receptors. |
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The slides were photographed with a Pentax 35 mm single lens reflex camera attached to a Zeiss compound microscope. |
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What I wanted was what my eye was accustomed to from years ago which were images produced by a SLR, a single lens reflex camera. |
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When he was able to he bought a single lens reflex camera and the first camera club he joined was in Benoni. |
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The reflex peristaltic contraction sweeps any refluxed gastric fluid back into the stomach. |
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Obviously, there's repetitive strain injury and reflex sympathetic dystrophy. |
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These films regale as they repulse, hitting the gag reflex and the funny bone simultaneously. |
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When the baby touches the breast a hormone called oxytocin is released, beginning a process known as milk let-down or ejection reflex. |
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We demonstrated that, during the palatally induced jaw-closing reflex, the tongue extended at jaw closure. |
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A system of longitudinal energy zones is believed to provide the link between the reflex areas and the body parts. |
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On reflex, she reached up and pushed the glasses resting on her nose up a bit further. |
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In this way, astronomers will perform very precise astrometry to detect the reflex motion of stars due to orbiting planets. |
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Previous studies in adults have demonstrated marked attenuation of this reflex, even in the lighter stages of sleep. |
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The initial reflex of the regime was to do what it has always done, i.e. crushing the slightest show of opposition by main force. |
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He realized since 1896 that the Babinski reflex was part of the flexor reflex synergy. |
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But the two are not entirely the same as the Babinski reflex evaluates the fanning of the large toe and animals do not have this. |
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The Babinski reflex is not, in and of itself, diagnostic for a particular condition. |
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Immediately, almost as if it were a reflex Bastian dropped to one knee head bowed as a sign of respect for the future king of Geneval. |
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The filling of the stomach also activates the reflex, presumably through the action of gastric mechanoreceptors. |
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Endotracheal tubes promote colonization by interfering with the cough reflex and by stimulating excessive mucus secretion. |
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This indicates the presence of complete sensorimotor reflex pathways within the organ wall. |
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The Apgar score was based on heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and skin color. |
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The gag reflex is elicited by stroking the pharyngeal mucosa with a cotton-tipped applicator or tongue depressor. |
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I moved backwards slightly, almost from reflex, and he shook his bottle at me again. |
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The latency of the first potential was around 5 msec and was considered as monosynaptic reflex. |
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The Canon Rebel is a single-lens reflex camera, the kind that utilizes interchangeable lenses. |
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Reflexes may be tested with a reflex hammer, and blood pressure may be measured. |
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Actually coughing is a healthy reflex that helps clear mucus or phlegm in the throat and chest. |
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The court system still seems to have an automatic and perhaps unconscious reflex to tell people the minimum necessary. |
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Quite the opposite occurred, for my gag reflex kicked in and the pong of body odour nearly knocked me out. |
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Is corporate boosterism just a reflex for celebrities, or are they paid to say these things? |
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Self taught, Patricia started with a box camera, she graduated to the single reflex camera and now to digital. |
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Firstly, the distinction rests on a reflex valorisation of the New and denigration of the Old. |
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The vestibulo-ocular reflex ensures best vision during head motion by moving the eyes contrary to the head to stabilize the line of sight in space. |
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The changes in the blood vessel and local hemodynamics could be mediated via a reflex arc, consisting of somatic afferent and autonomic efferent components. |
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Almost as if it were a reflex response, journalists and some scientific researchers alike blame technology and changes to family life for childhood obesity. |
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It is surprising the number of editors that have accepted work shot on these little cameras thinking that the pictures were taken with a larger single lens reflex camera. |
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Please, please, please, do not, in the event of any positive action, give me the conditioned reflex answer that any relaxation will have to be means tested. |
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However, the two most commonly employed measures have been the loss of righting reflex in animals and loss of flinching response to surgical incision in people. |
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We call the two or three neuron system of a liver fluke a reflex loop. |
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Strictly speaking, there is no gene for a sucking reflex, let alone for female coyness or Scottish thriftiness or cognizance of the concept of zero. |
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The mechanism by which the body senses and responds to changes in blood pressure by reflex vasodilation or contraction of peripheral vessels is impaired. |
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I used about all of the Asian produced single lens reflex cameras available around that time, but none was as sharp and clear, nor as forgiving as my Leica. |
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Hanging can trigger a reflex known as vagal inhibition, which can instantly stop the heart. |
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If you allowed that it went off by reflex action, you would never succeed. |
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Lai let her hand rest on his chest and almost out of reflex he let his hand rest on hers, gripping it lightly as he shifted and settled more relaxedly in her grasp. |
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Organic abnormalities of deglutition may be related to initiation of the swallowing reflex in the oropharynx or to propulsion of the food bolus through the esophagus. |
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Many critics complained about the prolonged denouement of the film, which is not fair because they seem to yield to reflex rather than judge by merit. |
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In an earlier study we used Achilles tendon reflex modulation as a measure for somatic motor preparation in response to sexual appetitive stimuli. |
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Applying pressure to reflex points makes it possible to interact with the interconnected systems of the body at an energetic level and restore homeostatic function. |
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These days it's quite common to find 32-bit microprocessors, metal-oxide semiconductors, and redundant gold-plated electrical contacts on single-lens reflex cameras. |
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The effects of unpleasant stimulation are presumed to enhance the startle reflex through evocation of learned or innate responses in the amygdala. |
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Oberneder insists this is critical for getting true benefits from the motion, because when a muscle is stretched, its immediate reflex is to tighten up against the elongation. |
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Almost out of reflex she glanced up at the hospital, wondering if it was possible that was where the mysterious looker stood, watching her movements. |
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As much as they might want to expand their diets, just the smell of a new food can trigger a gag reflex in extreme cases. |
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If the part of the body corresponding to the reflex area is out of balance then a degree of tenderness will be felt in the foot when pressure is applied. |
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The scientist stresses that stingrays only use their venom-tipped tails in extreme circumstances, and even then as a defensive reflex rather than as an attack. |
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That is to say, there are referential and quantificational uses of indefinite descriptions and these are a reflex of a genuine semantical ambiguity. |
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The tick-tock of the clock was amplified and I glanced at it as a reflex. |
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The angle formed by the right side of the first quadrilateral and the left side of the second quadrilateral is not a straight angle or a reflex angle. |
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It's a conditioned reflex learnt in the pubs of south Wales, where he'd catch beer bottles thrown at him by angry boyfriends and disarm them with a grin and a glug. |
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In some cases, the cataract may not be apparent on casual penlight inspection but is detected by the absence or distortion of red reflex on ophthalmoscopic examination. |
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Muscle spindles are primarily influenced by changes in length and are responsible for reflex contraction of the skeletal muscles in response to stretching. |
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But those who want to be more involved with dials and settings might opt for a 35 mm single-lens reflex camera that will accommodate a number of lenses. |
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It's a lazy reflex to draw congruencies between a writer's manner and their prose, but her paragraphs have the same scrupulousness, the same deliberate observation. |
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Then came the moment when a reflex born of a lifetime with a badge caused him to check the door window at the end of the car. |
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Models at 6 megapixels and above are limited to extremely expensive semi-pro and pro single-lens reflex cameras, which few but enthusiasts with fat wallets would look at. |
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In addition, a stretch-induced reflex response can be measured simultaneously as a clinical scale such as the MAS is administered. |
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The Camera Lens Mug is pretty much an exact replica of the business end of single-lens reflex camera, just without the expensive gubbins inside. |
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It can be down to a couple of passing shots, a couple of reflex shots and also so your focus. |
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Worry has become as automatic a reflex as breathing in your sleep. |
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Thomas Hanna, in his book Somatics, described this phenomenon as the red light reflex, presenting a list of possible responses. |
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Currently, laboratories either process every clinical sample on Southern blots or reflex suspect samples to Southern blotting. |
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Motor activity in the colon is strongly stimulated following ingestion of a meal via the gastrocolic reflex. |
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He is quite a bundle of stimulus and reflex, with no reflection. |
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Tears were a reflex response of the lachrymal glands to these events. |
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But even so, he experienced tachycardia, sweating, and severe gastrocolic reflex causing an intense need to go to the bathroom. |
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Peppermint reduces indigestion and colonic spasms by reducing the gastrocolic reflex. |
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It becomes almost like a reflex when you're a frowner like I was, and your muscles just unlearn that behavior. |
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Examples present of paediatric referrals without reference to fundoscopy, red reflex, Bruckner's test, stereopsis or oculomotor balance. |
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The reflex is to say China is going to take us to the cleaners, right? |
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In this way, Parlor demonstrated the importance of die conditioned reflex both in animal and human behaviour. |
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In this particular piece of work Nadin analyzes the so called the baroreceptor reflex. |
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This response to changes in temperature is known as the cremasteric reflex, and is more sensitive in some men than others. |
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Delayed swallow reflex, laryngeal incompetence and pharyngeal residue following deglutition, are frequent sequela following stroke. |
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Laryngospasm is a protective reflex closure of the upper airway from spasm of the glottic musculature as the result of an abnormal stimulus. |
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Sacrolumbar intersegmental reflex circuit in men and its relation to the ejaculatory process. |
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Patients that have a gag reflex can relax as the scanning process can be stopped and started as necessary to accomodate their needs. |
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In a nonawake person with an intact reflex arc passive head-turning causes the eyes to deviate conjugately in the opposite direction. |
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However, fish have an optokinetic reflex in their visual systems which can be sensitive to moving stripes. |
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Lizards have a variety of antipredator adaptations, including running and climbing, venom, camouflage, tail autotomy, and reflex bleeding. |
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The Greek tradition of the dead being ferried across the river Styx by Charon is probably a reflex of this belief. |
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If the reflex region is the interior of the angle, the dihedral angle is reflex. |
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These authors showed the relation between the two systems, validating the existence of a vestibulomasseteric reflex. |
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Bradycardia and hypotension occur due to inhibition of nor-adrenaline secretion and increased reflex baroreceptor activity. |
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Her GP took her blood pressure, which was incredibly high, and using his stethoscope and a reflex hammer he told her she was having a stroke. |
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The FPR is meant to integrate into the Moro reflex response by about 12 weeks in utero. |
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As such, neurological impairments in the form of diminished reflex response may significantly impair natural gait automaticity. |
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It is nature's way of protecting our airways, a reflex response to any irritation in our throat. |
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This new record reported here undoubtedly constitutes the fastest reflex response of a member of the animal kingdom ever recorded. |
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Using a traditional tendon reflex mallet, we located the most sensitive spot on the triceps tendon with the strongest reflex response. |
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Electrical stimulation utilising the flexor reflex response on the common peroneal nerve of one or both legs was used in the TS and OG groups. |
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My mind reeled and my gag reflex was in danger of stopping me breathing. |
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The set also includes a doctor bag, reflex hammer, thermometer, squeaking syringe, auriscope, laryngoscope and pretend bandage. |
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Others are relatively automatized and rigid, like an instance of a paw withdrawal reflex and a male stickleback's attack display. |
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An abnormal Babinski reflex occurs when upper motor neuron damage has developed. |
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Alcohol depresses the nerves that control breathing and the gag reflex, which prevents choking. |
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Evaluation of rectal tone and the presence of the bulbocavernosus reflex are included in the initial neurologic evaluation. |
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Disease of the ovaries or of the spinal cord, by reflex irritation, may cause estromania, constant desire for the bull. |
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A brute emotional reflex to the actus reus, the bad act, could trigger an urge for retribution regardless of her intention. |
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Alcohol depresses nerves that control involuntary actions such as breathing and the gag reflex, which prevents choking. |
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Within seconds, my eyes were streaming and my gag reflex kicking in like a piston. |
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He acted on reflex, an acerebral reaction to a situation beyond his control. |
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The Achillean reflex is the contraction obtained in the gastrocnemii and solei by the percussion of the tendo Achillis. |
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Measurement of the ankle reflex time by means of a kinemometer has been shown to be a useful aid in the clinical diagnosis of hypothyroidism. |
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Seihai-to might not improve the swallowing reflex, hut might instead improve a defense mechanism or excessive inflammation caused by pneumonia in the lower airway. |
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A polygon is said to be convex when no one of its angles is reflex. |
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Agents such as sodium nitroprusside, phentolamine mesylate, and phenoxybenzamine hydrochloride have been recommended to counteract sympathetic reflex activity. |
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He also showed pictures of a myosthenometer, reflex liminometer, thermophore, and kinetometer, but did not recommend these exam tools for routine use. |
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He had little time, however, to ponder his lack of reflex, for new incident forced his attention back to the ridge where the four teratoids had first broken from cover. |
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His name is known to every medical student and is immortalized in the well-known Cushing syndrome, Cushing disease, Cushing reflex, and Cushing ulcer. |
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Proprioceptor distribution and control of a muscle reflex in spider legs. |
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We drew attention in the December SAMJ to use of the cell phone camera in photographing the red reflex in infants' eyes to ensure early pickup of retinoblastoma. |
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For low-risk devices, such as tongue depressors or reflex hammers, manufacturers themselves are allowed to certify that their products meet the necessary standards. |
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Coffin and colleagues used an eyeblink reflex response paradigm to compare children with FASD, ADHD, and dyslexia with nonaffected control children. |
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Not only are the reflex arcs functioning in the hind limbs despite the damage to the spinal cord at L1 to L2, but the reflex responses are hyperreflexive. |
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In an attempt to trigger the afferent phase of the sneeze reflex, we first applied a cotton swab and later a silver nitrate stick to the patient's nasal mucosa. |
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The patellar reflex is typically normal or may appear hyperreflexive. |
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The study revealed that some cats, like many humans, experience audiogenic reflex seizures when high-pitched sounds trigger a reaction in the brain. |
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The first clinical examination revealed absence of the osteotendinous reflex, a myasthenia and myalgia after flexion of the lower limbs, and dysphonia. |
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Lizards make use of a variety of antipredator adaptations, including venom, camouflage, reflex bleeding, and the ability to sacrifice and regrow their tails. |
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Already integrated into single-lens reflex cameras, PDAF capability is increasingly being required by makers of smartphones and tablets to accommodate growing consumer demand. |
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Antennae, minuscule in snow or southern Tanner crabs, were quite active and responsive for red king crab, providing a more sensitive reflex response. |
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The fifth speaker was sure it was none of these, but due to rectal irritation, vaso-motor reflex and advised divulsion of the sphincter. He was a protologist. |
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As such, any reflex response that the absence of a helmet might be a causative factor in someone's injuries often ignores the reality on our roads. |
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