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  2. Monocular vision - Wikipedia

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    Monocular cues provide depth information when viewing a scene with one eye. Accommodation – This is an oculomotor cue for depth perception. When we try to focus on distant objects, the ciliary muscles relax allowing the eye lens to flatten, making it thinner.

  3. Spasm of accommodation - Wikipedia

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    Since spasm of accommodation is a result of contraction of the ciliary muscle, the goal would be to relax the ciliary muscle. New studies conducted on rats using perilla frutescens aqueous extract have shown to relax the ciliary muscle. Since there are no known drugs to treat this eye condition, perilla frutescens in an aqueous extract form may ...

  4. Vestibulo-ocular reflex - Wikipedia

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    In lower animals, the organs that coordinate balance and movement are not independent from eye movement. A fish, for instance, moves its eyes by reflex when its tail is moved. Humans have semicircular canals, neck muscle "stretch" receptors, and the utricle (gravity organ). Though the semicircular canals cause most of the reflexes which are ...

  5. Righting reflex - Wikipedia

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    The VOR involves movement of the eyes while the head turns to remain fixated on a stationary image, and the VCR involves control of neck muscles for correction of the head's orientation. [11] During the VOR, the semicircular canals send information to the brain and correct eye movements in the direction opposite head movement by sending ...

  6. Sense of balance - Wikipedia

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    Nucleus of Cajal are one of the named oculomotor nuclei, they are involved in eye movements and reflex gaze coordination. [15] [16] The abducens nerve solely innervates the lateral rectus muscle of the eye, moving the eye with the trochlear nerve. The trochlear solely innervates the superior oblique muscle of the eye. Together, trochlear and ...

  7. AOL-reviewed: The Renpho eye massager has almost 17,000 five ...

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    Collins says that "an eye massager mask offers a non-pharmaceutical way to relax muscles, reduce tension and encourage rest, helping relieve symptoms tied to these hormonal shifts."

  8. Embouchure collapse - Wikipedia

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    This is possibly because botox causes the facial muscles to relax; and although this collapse lessens the uncontrollable twitching of the muscles, the newly relaxed status deprives the player of the lip flexibility needed to play a brass instrument. For most brass players, diagnosis with focal dystonia signals the end of their careers. [1]

  9. The 'neck rule' could tell you if you're ill enough to skip ...

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    It's not always a good idea though, as the Huffington Post points out, so when you're weighing up the benefits and costs of exercising while unwell, there is something called the "neck rule" which ...