DUCTION

A 'duction' is an eye movement involving only one eye[1]. There are generally six possible movements depending upon the eye's axis of rotation:
#Abduction refers to the outward movement of an eye.
#Adduction refers to the inward movement of an eye
#Supraduction / sursumduction / elevation
#Infraduction / deorsumduction / depression
#Incycloduction / intorsion
#Excycloduction / extorsion

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1. Kanski, JJ. ''Clinical Ophthalmology: A Systematic Approach.'' Boston:Butterworth-Heinemann;1989.


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Extraocular muscles

Eye examination

Vergence

Version (eye)

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