Ciliary body - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The ciliary body is the circumferential tissue inside the eye composed of the ciliary muscle and ciliary processes. It is triangular in horizontal section, and is coated by a double layer, the cilia...
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PURPOSE AND METHODS: The aim of this study was to characterize the serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; ... 5-HT) receptors that mediate phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis and intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) mobilization in isolated cells of human ciliary muscle (h-CM) from multiple donors using a variety of agonists and antagonists.
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METHODS: Profiling of ciliary muscle innervation was carried out in 58 young adult subjects (30 emmetropes, 14 early onset myopes, 14 late onset myopes) by examining post-task open-loop accommodation responses, recorded continuously by a modified open-view infrared optometer.
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A ring of smooth muscle fibers that is responsible for changing the shape of the lens in the eye to achieve accommodation. Suspensory ligaments connect the ciliary muscle to the lens. When the ciliary muscle is relaxed the ligaments are taut, and the lens is stretched thin enabling it to focus on distant objects.
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; When the ciliary muscle is relaxed, the choroid acts like a spring pulling on the lens via the zonule fibers causing the lens to become flat. ... When the ciliary muscle contracts, it stretches the choroid, releasing the tension on the lens and the lens becomes thicker...
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www.yorku.ca/eye/ciliary.htm
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about ciliary muscle. ciliary muscle. Information about ciliary muscle in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Six muscles around each eye control eye movements, and a ciliary muscle located behind each iris (the colored eye membrane) controls eye focus.
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Ciliary muscle: One of the muscles that relax the zonules to enable the lens to change shape for focusing. ... Common Misspellings: ciliary muscel ... home > ciliary muscle definition...
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Definition of ciliary muscle from the online medical dictionary hosted by mondofacto. ... online medical dictionary | definition of ciliary muscle...
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Pronunciation: ( sil¢e-ar-e mus¢ĕl) The smooth muscle of the ciliary body; it consists of circular fibers (Müller muscle) and radiating fibers (meridional fibers, or Brücke muscle);
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