The term gaze is frequently used in physiology to describe coordinated motion of the eyes and neck.
The lateral gaze is controlled by the paramedian pontine reticular formation (PPRF).
the abducens nerve is responsible for abducting the eye, which it controls through contraction of the lateral rectus muscle.
The trochlear nerve controls the superior oblique muscle to rotate the eye along its axis in the orbit medially, which is called intorsion, and is a component of focusing the eyes on an object close to the face.
[3] The conjugate gaze is the motion of both eyes in the same direction at the same time, and conjugate gaze palsy refers to an impairment of this function.