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Oculocephalic ReflexAka: Doll's Eyes
- Contraindications
- Possible Cervical Spine Injury
- Technique
- Eyes open
- Head is rotated briskly from side to side
- Interpretation
- If Brainstem intact:
- Eyes deviate contralaterally
- Look away from rotation
- If Brainstem injury:
- Eyes follow direction of head rotation
- If Brainstem intact:
Doll's head reflex (C0234183) | |
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| Concepts | Organ or Tissue Function (T042) |
| English | Doll head phenomenon, Doll's eye reflex, Doll's head reflex, Oculocephalic reflex, Oculocephalogyric reflex |
| Spanish | fenomeno de la cabeza de muneca, reflejo de ojos de muneca, reflejo oculocefalico, reflejo oculocefalogiro |
| Parent Concepts | Reflex eye movement (C0423087) |
| Sources | SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
