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    The scleral reflex is triggered when the nasociliary branch of the trigeminal nerve detects a stimulus on the cornea, lid, or conjunctiva. This sensory information travels to the trigeminal ganglion and then connects via internuncial neurons to the facial nerve motor nucleus bilaterally. The facial nerve then initiates contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscles of both eyes, closing the eyelids in response to the peripheral stimulus.

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    The scleral reflex is triggered when the nasociliary branch of the trigeminal nerve detects a stimulus on the cornea, lid, or conjunctiva. This sensory information travels to the trigeminal ganglion and then connects via internuncial neurons to the facial nerve motor nucleus bilaterally. The facial nerve then initiates contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscles of both eyes, closing the eyelids in response to the peripheral stimulus.

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    Physiology of Scleral Reflex

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    The scleral reflex is triggered when the nasociliary branch of the trigeminal nerve detects a stimulus on the cornea, lid, or conjunctiva. This sensory information travels to the trigeminal ganglion and then connects via internuncial neurons to the facial nerve motor nucleus bilaterally. The facial nerve then initiates contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscles of both eyes, closing the eyelids in response to the peripheral stimulus.

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    PHYSIOLOGY OF SCLERAL REFLEX (CORNEAL SENSITIVITY/REFLEX)

    Peripheral Stimulus

    The nasociliary branch of the ophthalmic branch (V1) of the 5th cranial nerve (trigeminal nerve) sensing the stimulus on the cornea, lid, or conjunctiva.

    Main sensory ganglion of the Trigeminal Nerve

    Internuncial neurons connect with the motor nucleus of the facial nerve on Both sides (Through the medial longitudinal fasciculus)

    The 7th cranial nerve (Facial nerve) initiating the motor response (i.e. it is the efferent).

    Orbicularis oculi of both sides

    Closure of eyelids

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