1998/11/18 by Oscar Bolina, Bolina, Oscar, L. H. A. Monteiro +2
Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders #physics.bio-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/9811031
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In a simplified fashion, the motion of the eyeball in its orbit consists of rotations around a fixed point. Therefore, this motion can be described in terms of the Euler's angles of rigid body dynamics. However, there is a physiological constraint in the motion of the eye which reduces to two its degrees of freedom. This paper reviews the basic features of the kinematics of the eye and the laws governing its motion.