ciliary process

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. one of the folds on the ciliary body, connected with the suspensory ligament of the crystalline lens.

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Etymology

Origin of ciliary process

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

In violent degrees of ophthalmy the internal parts, as the retina, optic artery, iris, ciliary process, become inflamed, as well as the external ones; hence the least light admitted to the eye occasions intolerable pain.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Z, Zonule of Zinn, the ciliary process being removed to show it. p, Canal of Petit. m, Yellow spot.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

The ciliary muscle is a ring of muscular fibre attached to the ciliary process close to the circumference of the suspensory ligament.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William