When Assessing Extraocular Movements?

You are asked to sit or stand with your head up and looking straight ahead. Your provider will hold a pen or other object about 16 inches or 40 centimeters (cm) in front of your face. The provider will then move the object in several directions and ask you to follow it with your eyes, without moving your head.

How would you describe normal extraocular movements?

Extraocular movements and cranial nerves: Normally, the eyes move in concert (e.g. when the left eye moves left, the right eye moves left to a similar degree). ... The net impact of any one EOM is the result of the position of the eye and the sum of forces from all other contributing muscles.

What are the 6 extraocular movements?

You are now familiar with the 6 cardinal directions of gaze (right/up; right; right/down; left/up; left; left/down), as well as the remainder of the yoked eye movements (straight up; straight down; convergence).