Sentence examples for ear movements from inspiring English sources

In many mammals, ear movements produced by the auricular muscles play a role in sound localization and the expression of emotion, but in humans, the muscles are considered nonfunctional.

He is "a bon vivant, he participates in history, he has an incredible imagination, he is witty, he expresses himself with virtuosity in any number of ways (eye movements, ear movements, tail movements, wisecracks, facial expressions) and he is superb as mimic and dancer".

When petted, it responds with breathing, ear movements and purring vibrations.

This procedure had the added benefit of minimizing any potential ear movements in the animals.

The level of immobilization was assessed by observing body and ear movements at 5, 10, 15 and 20 min.

When recumbent, the rhinoceros were usually relaxed with some ear movements (median immobilization level 4); occasionally they would enter a deeper state of immobilization where they would be fully relaxed without any ear movement (level 5).

But now she knows "what to look for in her (cat's) tail and ear movement, whisker positions and in her eyes".

Ear twitch response: day when sudden ear movement was observed after stroking the pinna with a cotton bud.

Level 3 indicated a safe standing sedation, while levels 4 and 5 indicated recumbent immobilization with or without ear movement, respectively.

In the remaining 85 cases the animals showed no reaction to the stimuli in 48 cases, ear movement in 14, interruption of activity in 12 and startle without turning towards the speaker in 11 cases.

Depth of anaesthesia was continuously evaluated and occurrence of palpebral reflex, blinking, nystagmus, sweating, tears production, twitching, ear movement and swallowing were recorded and if judged inadequate as revealed by tail, head or limb movements, or excessive muscular tension, 1 mg/kg S-ketamine was administered IV up to 2 times.