reflex

Introduction

An involuntary motion in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery & transmitted to centers in the brain or spinal cord.

More general terms

• sign/symptom

More specific terms

• acoustic reflex; stapedius reflex; attenuation reflex; auditory reflex
• Babinski's sign
• baroreflex
• bulbocavernosus reflex; Osinski reflex
• corneal reflex (eyelid reflex)
• cough reflex
• cremasteric reflex
• deep tendon reflex (DTR)
• Doll's eye phenomenon (oculovestibular reflex)
• gag reflex
• glabellar reflex
• grasp reflex
• light reflex
• oculocephalic reflex
• palmomental reflex
• postural reflex
• red reflex
• vestibulo-ocular reflex; sinusoidal vertical axis rotational testing