Types of eye movement

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1. A1.22.1The saccade is a fast, ballistic eye movement used to shift the point of fixation
2. A1.22.2Smooth pursuit follows a continuously moving target and needs the target itself to be moving
3. A1.22.3The vestibulo-ocular reflex counter-rotates the eyes during head movement to stabilize the retinal image
4. A1.22.4Vergence movements turn the two eyes in opposite directions to align their visual axes