What are vergence eye movements?
This means that the two eyes rotate in opposite directions (disjunctively): the right eye to the left and the left eye to the right when converging on a near object.
All other eye movements are conjugate.
What are vergence eye movements? |
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| The function of vergence eye movements is to point
the foveae of both eyes at a near object. This means that the two eyes rotate in opposite directions (disjunctively): the right eye to the left and the left eye to the right when converging on a near object. All other eye movements are conjugate.
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