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  2. Cough reflex - Wikipedia

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    The cough reflex occurs when stimulation of cough receptors in the respiratory tract by dust or other foreign particles produces a cough, which causes rapidly moving air which usually remove the foreign material before it reaches the lungs.

  3. Cough - Wikipedia

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    A cough is a sudden expulsion of air through the large breathing passages which can help clear them of fluids, irritants, foreign particles and microbes.As a protective reflex, coughing can be repetitive with the cough reflex following three phases: an inhalation, a forced exhalation against a closed glottis, and a violent release of air from the lungs following opening of the glottis, usually ...

  4. Pharyngeal reflex - Wikipedia

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    The gag reflex involves a brisk and brief elevation of the soft palate and bilateral contraction of pharyngeal muscles evoked by touching the posterior pharyngeal wall. Touching the soft palate can lead to a similar reflex response. However, in that case, the sensory limb of the reflex is the CN V (trigeminal nerve). In very sensitive ...

  5. List of reflexes - Wikipedia

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    Coronary reflex; Cough reflex — a rapid expulsion of air from the lungs after sudden opening of the glottis, and usually following irritation of the trachea. Cremasteric reflex — elevation of the scrotum and testis elicited by stroking of the superior and medial part of the thigh.

  6. Telltale Signs You Need to See a Doctor for Your Cough - AOL

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    But a chronic cough is a cough that usually lasts longer than eight weeks, Dr. Banerjee says. These are some of the major causes of an acute cough, according to doctors: Allergens like pet dander ...

  7. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient. This list includes other eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e. tests, reflexes, etc.

  8. Doctors Say This Is How You Can Loosen and Clear Mucus From ...

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    Control your cough. Coughing is a physiologic way to rid one of some of the congestion, says Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Controlled cough ...

  9. Reflex syncope - Wikipedia

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    Reflex syncope can occur in otherwise healthy individuals, and has many possible causes, often trivial ones such as prolonged standing with the legs locked. [ citation needed ] The main danger of vasovagal syncope (or dizzy spells from vertigo) is the risk of injury by falling while unconscious.