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When the head moves to the right, the right semicircular canals detect this movement, sending an excitatory signal to the ipsilateral vestibular nucleus, subsequently to the left abducens nucleus which causes excitation of left lateral rectus and right medial rectus - keeping eye gaze in the same direction as the head moves to the right.

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Description: image of a vertebra Source: Modified Illustration from Anatomy & Physiology, Connexions Web site. http://cnx.org/content/col11496/1.6/

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