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That short description is enough to trigger the gag reflex in almost anyone.
As seen in toads, stereotypy may indicate that proprioceptive or reflex feedback is needed to control a particular biomechanical system.
However, if liquid-based cytology is used, reflex HPV DNA testing for oncogenic HPV types is the preferred method of evaluation.
Whereas on Court TV the camera couldn't help itself, panning in twitchy reflex to the stone-cold defendant.
Anorectal manometry is indicated to demonstrate the rectoanal inhibitory reflex and to rule out Hirschsprung's disease.
The plaintiff in this case had reflex sympathetic dystrophy in his left arm caused by a work-related accident.
Pain and hyperesthesia induce reflex muscle spasms, which leads to voluntary guarding.
The hyperesthetic nerve manifests itself first by pain, secondly by a reflex act on a motor apparatus.
But it is also a Pavlovian reflex that lacks the benefit of judgment required of ethical decision making.
The florets incurve or reflex in a regular manner and fully conceal the center.
The stress relief through picking became a ritual or habit, a conditioned reflex in response to stress.
The drops are instilled to locally anesthetize the surgical eye and reduce the blink reflex in both eyes.
The blink reflex was characterized by an initial triphasic wave on the ipsilateral stimulus side, followed by a polyphasic wave on both sides.
The yellowtail sashimi triggered a gag reflex so bad I almost threw up at the table.
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.
Dentists may use viscous lidocaine to reduce the gag reflex in children during dental X-rays and impressions.
The gag reflex in babies is very strong and naturally pushes food forward before it is in any danger of blocking the throat.
On the assumption that an exaggerated gastrocolic reflex is indeed the problem, you can address it in two ways.
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.
Look at the eyes again, concentrating on the light reflex in the iris and pupil.
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In the reflex, the lower center is aroused by a sensory nerve, and in the voluntary movement by the pyramidal tract.
The tetanic stage is followed by paralysis of reflex movements and cessation of breathing, the heart continuing to beat.
I was thus led to think it probable that the reflex centres of which I was in search might be seated in the manubrium.
The circumstances in which Caroline was written give an interesting reflex on Maugham as an artist.
The patient suffers severely from neuritis, and there may be early loss of patellar reflex.
Some of our acts were reflex, some were chiefly instinctive, and some were volitional.
The history of the poetry of Wordsworth is a true reflex of the man himself.
I asked what the patellar reflex was, and the doc had Pete sit and cross his legs, and explained.
The whole mechanism of the transfer and of the recoil may best be expressed in terms of the conditioned reflex of Pavlov.
These tricellular reflex organs are preponderantly developed in the great majority of the invertebrates.
If my protectorship is nothing, what in the name of wonder is your Parliamenteership, a reflex and creation of that?
Without it, the individual still shows the pupillary reflex to light, but has no sensations of sight.
These are cerebral influences acting by way of the pyramidal tract upon the spinal center for the reflex.
It is helpful in trigonometry, and it saves confusion in the case of a reflex angle in a polygon.
That is, the reflex arc is built up by agencies that are quite independent of the subsequent act.
As the reflex arc is intact there may be involuntary and unconscious micturition whenever the bladder fills.
In other words, the vitality of the cells on the efferent side ought not to be dependent on the integrity of the reflex arc.
No performance of this description could have any efficacy in the case of a genuine spasm due to irritation on a reflex arc.
A reflex camera is of course the ideal instrument for the purpose, for sharp focusing is so easy and so necessary.
The most important of the reflex symptoms are those pertaining to the circulatory system.
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