What movements are necessary to accomplish gaze?

A. Saccades, smooth pursuits, and vergence movements
B. Saccades, smooth pursuits, and cilial movements
C. Saccades and vergence movements only
D. Saccades and smooth pursuits only


ANS: A
Rationale: The direction of gaze is accomplished by saccades (fast eye movements to switch gaze from one object to another; high-speed eye movements to bring new objects into central vision where details of images are seen), smooth pursuits (eye movements that follow a moving object), and vergence movements (movement of the eyes toward or away from midline to adjust for different distances between the eyes and the visual target).

Health & Biomechanics

You might also like to view...

The disease ________ is characterized by swelling of the salivary glands and the testicles (in boys)

Fill in the blank with the right word.

Health & Biomechanics

A client visited her health care provider and was diagnosed with acute cervicitis. A clinical manifestation that accompanies acute cervicitis may include:

A) Abscess formation B) Mucopurulent drainage C) Thick gray-white plaques D) Persistent pruritic vulvitis

Health & Biomechanics

The systematic process of evaluating personal values and developing a consistent and an impartial set of moral principles by which to live.

What will be an ideal response?

Health & Biomechanics

Which of the following conditions results in an infarct from loss of blood supply to the brain?

a. ALS b. SCI c. MS d. CVA

Health & Biomechanics