Stimulation of horizontal semicircular canal causes nystagmus in which direction?
The cupulae of the semicircular canals are stimulated by the movement of endolymphatic fluid and each canal causes the nystagmus in its own plane:-Stimulation of horizontal SCC - Horizontal nystagmusStimulation of superior SCC - rotary nystagmusStimulation of veical SCC - Veical nystagmusRef: PL Dhingra, Diseases of Ear, Nose & Throat, 7th edition, pg no. 19 - 20
Veical
Horizontal
Rotatory
Any of the above
Ear