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Descriptor English: Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular
Descriptor Spanish: Reflejo Vestibuloocular
Descriptor reflejo vestibuloocular
Scope note: Reflejo en el que los impulsos son conducidos desde las cúpulas de los CONDUCTOS SEMICIRCULARES y desde la MEMBRANA OTOLÍTICA del UTRÍCULO y del SÁCULO por los NÚCLEOS VESTIBULARES del TRONCO ENCEFÁLICO y el fascículo longitudinal medio a los núcleos del NERVIO MOTOR OCULAR COMÚN. Su función es la de mantener una imagen retiniana estable durante la rotación de la cabeza al generar MOVIMIENTOS OCULARES compensadores apropiados.
Descriptor Portuguese: Reflexo Vestíbulo-Ocular
Descriptor French: Réflexe vestibulo-oculaire
Entry term(s): Reflex, Vestibulo Ocular
Reflex, Vestibuloocular
Reflexes, Vestibo Ocular
Reflexes, Vestibo-Ocular
Reflexes, Vestibuloocular
Vestibo-Ocular Reflexes
Vestibulo Ocular Reflex
Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
Vestibuloocular Reflex
Vestibuloocular Reflexes
Tree number(s): G07.888.937
G11.561.731.795
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012027
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.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Eye Movements (1966-1986)
Nystagmus, Physiologic (1983-1986)
Reflex (1966-1986)
Vestibular Apparatus (1966-1986)
Public MeSH Note: 87
History Note: 87
DeCS ID: 19332
Unique ID: D012027
NLM Classification: WV 255
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Date Established: 1987/01/01
Date of Entry: 1986/03/28
Revision Date: 2016/06/22
Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular - Preferred
Concept UI M0018698
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.
Preferred term Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular
Entry term(s) Reflex, Vestibulo Ocular
Reflex, Vestibuloocular
Reflexes, Vestibo Ocular
Reflexes, Vestibo-Ocular
Reflexes, Vestibuloocular
Vestibo-Ocular Reflexes
Vestibulo Ocular Reflex
Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
Vestibuloocular Reflex
Vestibuloocular Reflexes



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