II. Exam: Optical Reflex (Orbicularis Oculi Reflex)
- Technique
- Expose eye to bright light
- Expected response (normal)
- Results in Eyelid closure in the exposed eye as well as the other eye (consensual response)
- Slower response than the Corneal Reflex
- Absent in age under 9 months
- Mechanism
- Mediated by visual cortex in Occipital Lobe
III. Resources
IV. References
- Degowin (1987) Diagnostic Examination, 5th ed, MacMillan Publishing Company, p. 810
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| Concepts | Diagnostic Procedure (T060) |
| SnomedCT | 45097009 |
| English | Orbicularis oculi reflex test (procedure), Orbicularis oculi reflex test, Blink reflex test, Blink reflex studies |
| Spanish | prueba de parpadeo reflejo, prueba del reflejo del músculo orbicular de los párpados (procedimiento), prueba del reflejo del músculo orbicular de los párpados |
