Why we get dizzy Dizzy eyes: (5-25) Vestibular ocular reflex: rotate your head w/ eyes open rotate your head w/ eyes closed keep your head still, move gaze around room move eyeball w/ finger Spinning and running: La Nausée (Nausea) – when reality and the senses disagree. I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating. -Sartre
The inner ear – Semicircular canals
This image is adapted from Bioengineering: Biomedical, Medical and Clinical Engineering by A. Terry Bahill, Prentice Hall.