Sentence examples for protective reflex from inspiring English sources

It's a protective reflex that helps the human body to exhale secretion from the airways, protecting the lower airways.

The freeze reaction is a protective reflex controlled by the brain's amygdala.

But this austerity is a protective reflex, coasting on his movie star sinecure.

Imagining a loud noise caused an involuntary protective reflex in his eardrums, as though the sound had actually occurred.

But the chemical make-up of emotional tears is very different from that of tears shed as a protective reflex, for example when grit gets into the eye.

The sea slug also has a protective reflex to guard its gills, which Kandel used to study the basic learning mechanisms.

Studies infusing water into the hypopharynx of healthy controls show that several protective reflexes (reflexive pharyngeal swallow, the pharyngo-glottal closure reflex and the pharyngo-upper oesophageal sphincter contractile reflex) are all provoked well before volumes are reached that are likely to spill into the airway [ 29].

But under sedation, Dr. Blake said, the protective reflexes in the airway may be reduced, making aspiration a possibility.

PWS is characterized at birth by the lack of spontaneous movements, excessive daytime sleepiness, and protective reflexes.

Nausea and vomiting are protective reflexes that should not be totally suppressed without the underlying cause being known.

This pattern of findings highlights dissociations between protective reflexes when simultaneously examined.