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Q: When looking at near objects the ciliary mascles are relaxed or contracted?
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When the eye is looking at objects far in distance the lens is rounded and the ciliary muscle is contracted?

The ciliary muscle is relaxed when you look at something that is far away.


When the eye is looking at objects far in the distance the lens is and the ciliary muscle is?

TRUE


What is the function of the ciliary body?

Consists of ciliary processes which capillaries secrete aqueous humor and ciliary muscle which changes the shape of lens for viewing objects in different distances.


What does ciliary body do?

The ciliary body is behind the iris in the human eye. Tiny cilia (fibers) called zonules attach the ciliary body to the eye's lens. When focusing on close objects, the ciliary body contracts and the zonules relax, allowing the lens to thicken and improve the focus. When looking at a distant object, the ciliary body relaxes and the zonules contract, making the lens thinner for sharper distance vision.


What is the function of the ciliary escalator?

The ciliary body has three functions: accommodation, aqueous humor production and the production and maintenance of the lens zonules. Accommodation essentially means that when the ciliary muscle contracts, the lens becomes more convex, generally improving the focus for closer objects. When it relaxes, it flattens the lens, generally improving the focus for farther objects. One of the essential roles of the ciliary body is also the production of the aqueous humor, which is responsible for providing most of the nutrients for the lens and the cornea and involved in waste management of these areas.


What part of the PNS controls the pupillary response?

Pupillary response is controlled by the autonomic nervous system.In bright light or when looking at close objects, the parasympathetic nervous system will cause pupillary constriction by activating the sphincter pupillae muscle(s). The parasympathetic nerves that innervate the sphincter pupillae are the short ciliary nerves, which come from the ciliary ganglion in the orbit. Innervation of the ciliary ganglion is via parasympathetic pre-ganglionic fibers traveling with the occulomoter nerve from the edinger-westfall nucleus in the cranial midbrain.In low light, when looking at distant objects, or when stress levels are high (fight or flight) the sympathetic nervous system will cause pupillary dilation by activating the iris dilator muscle(s). The sympathetic nerves that innervate these muscles come from the superior cervical ganglion.


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.


Looking for similarities in objects or events?

When you look for similarities in objects and events you are looking for patterns. This happens often in the postal service.


What objects are brown?

there are many objects that are brown what patitular object are you looking for its color


What is the function of ciliary muscles?

The function of ciliary muscles is it controls the accomodation for viewing objects at varying distances and regulates the flow of aqueous humour into Schelm's canal. It changes the shape of the lens within the eye, not the size of the pupil which is carried out by the sphincter pupillae muscle. The muscle has parasympathetic and sympathetic innervation.


What is the tendency for objects that are at rest to remain at rest?

The term you are looking for is 'inertia'.


What does the word tensions mean?

Tension is the energy between two connected objects which are being pulled apart. When one holds tension, then the muscles are engaged and contracted into a tighter mass.