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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Cut-away view of the eye in its socket showing the: bony socket, orbital muscles, eyelids and eyelashes. ... Ciliary Muscle The eye can bring the fine print in a phone book into focus, or focus in on the moon over ¼ million miles away. The ciliary muscle changes the shape of the lens - (this is called accommodation).
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The ciliary body lies just behind the iris. Attached to the ciliary body are tiny fiber "guy wires" called zonules. The crystalline lens is suspended inside the eye by the zonular fibers. Nourishment for the ciliary body comes from blood vessels which also supply the iris.
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www.stlukeseye.com/anatomy/Ciliary.asp
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1. The iris is really a shutter that can be closed down to regulate the amount of light entering the eye. This process is controlled by two muscles with distinct innervation: ... At this point the ciliary body, a hoop-like structure that supports the zonule fibers, comes into play. Imagine a spiderweb built into the opening...
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It is soft connective tissue, and the spherical shape of the eye is maintained by the pressure of the liquid inside. It provides attachment surfaces for eye muscles ... It secretes the aqueous humour, and contains ciliary muscles that enable the lens to change shape, during accommodation (focusing on near and distant objects)
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www.biologymad.com/NervousSystem/eyenotes.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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The contraction or relaxation of these ligaments as a consequence of ciliary muscle actions, changes the shape of ... The optic axis is the longest sagittal distance between the front or vertex of the corna and the furthest posterior part of the eyeball. It is about the optic axis that the eye is rotated by the eye muscles.
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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
www.yorku.ca/eye/ciliary.htm
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The ciliary muscles are sphincter muscle that controls the thickness of the lens. Each eye has a ciliary muscle around the lens of the eye. When the muscle contracts the lens gets compressed, and therefore thicker, meaning that it refracts ...
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