ciliary body

American

noun

Anatomy.

the part of the tunic of the eye, between the choroid coat and the iris, consisting chiefly of the ciliary muscle and the ciliary processes.

ciliary body British

noun

the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris

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Along with the ciliary body and iris, the choroid forms the uveal tract.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The lens is attached by the zonules to the ciliary body that contains the ciliary muscles that control the shape of the lens for accommodation.

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The middle layer of the eye is the vascular tunic, which is mostly composed of the choroid, ciliary body, and iris.

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The anterior cavity is the space between the cornea and lens, including the iris and ciliary body.

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Eventually the ciliary body becomes very much reduced in thickness, is flattened out, the ciliary processes reduced in size and the blood vessels disappear or are reduced much in caliber.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.

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