Organ or Tissue Function
ocular fixation
oc·u·lar fix·a·tion [ ok-yuh-ler fik-sey-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
Eye Movements
Definitions related to fixation, ocular:
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(visual fixation) Direction of the gaze so that the visual image of the object falls on the fovea centralis.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Positioning and accommodation of eyes that allows the image to be brought into place on the FOVEA CENTRALIS of each eye.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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