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The reflex process by which a mechanical stimulus applied to the eye elicits a response of the eyelid closing. A change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of an external stimulus. An automatic response to a stimulus beginning with a nerve impulse from a receptor and ending with the action of an effector such as a gland or a muscle. Signaling never reaches a level of consciousness.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: eye blink reflex
Acc: GO:0060082
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The reflex process by which a mechanical stimulus applied to the eye elicits a response of the eyelid closing.
Synonyms:
  • nictitating membrane reflex
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 4 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 4 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0060082 - eye blink reflex (interactive image map)
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