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Q: What is paralysis of the ciliary muscles of the eye called?
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What is the process by which the lens of the eye changes its curvature?

The Ciliary Muscles


Which eye muscles are responsible for accommodation?

The ciliary muscle as well as the ciliary body.


What is a group of ciliated epithelial cell called?

Within the Eye, the Ciliary Body consists of four levels: the Ciliary Muscles; the Vascular layer; the Ciliary process, and the Ciliary Epithelium.


Smooth muscle stuctures in the eye?

Ciliary muscles


What muscle controls the shape of the lens?

the lens is held vertically in the eye's interior by suspensory ligaments or more specifically called the ciliary zonule, attached to the ciliary body. so suspensory ligaments is the answer(-:


What is the function of the muscles in the human eye?

The eye lens is kept in place by ciliary muscles. These muscles can contract or relax.If the ciliary muscles contract or relax the focal length of the eye lens becomes large or small.Or in other words the function of the eye lens is to increase or decrease the focal length of the eye lens.


What is the shape of the lens controlled by?

the iris!!! iris is the coloured part of your eye,and its a muscle that controls your pupil(the black dot) to let how much light you're eye needs. The iris regulates the amount of light by controlling the size of the pupil.


How is accommodation brought about in the human eye?

Is brought about by the action of ciliary muscles and elastics of the lens


What are the intrinsic eye muscles controlled by?

The iris and the ciliary muscle


What two involuntary muscles make up the front part of the eye?

The two involuntary muscles that make up the front part of the eye are the iris and the ciliary body. The iris controls the size of the pupil, regulating the amount of light entering the eye. The ciliary body adjusts the shape of the lens, enabling the eye to focus on near or distant objects.


What term describes the structure that holds the lens of the eye in place?

Ciliary Muscle


When you try to keep your eyes focused on a rocket as it ascends what part of the eye contracts?

The ciliary muscles in the eye contract to increase the thickness of the lens, but this is actually a change from distance viewing to close viewing, so the ciliary muscles are relaxing to let you view at a greater distance.