consensual light reflex
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Related to consensual light reflex: accommodation reflex, corneal reflex, direct light reflex, ciliospinal reflex
con·sen·su·al re·ac·tion
contraction of the pupil of the fellow eye in consensus with the pupil of the illuminated eye.
Synonym(s): consensual light reflex, indirect pupillary reaction
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consensual light reflex
Ophthalmology The ability of both pupils to react to light which is tested by shining a beam of light in one eye, and assessing the response of the other eye, which normally constrictsMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
con·sen·su·al light re·flex
(kŏn-sen'shū-ăl līt rē'fleks)Constriction of both pupils when only one is exposed to bright light; indicates integrity of optic nerve on exposed side and of oculomotor nerves on both sides.
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