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

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Q: What is the function of the ciliary body?
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Is the ciliary muscle part of the ciliary body?

the ciliary muscle is the smooth muscle of the ciliary body


What produce aqueous humor?

Someone accidentally slipping and falling in a swimming pool with their street clothes on.


Contains the ciliary muscle of the eye?

ciliary body


Which eye muscles are responsible for accommodation?

The ciliary muscle as well as the ciliary body.


What is the smooth muscle structure that is attached to the lens?

iris and ciliary muscle


What is the function of the Ciliary Fibers?

move things along


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.


Does the ciliary body attach to the iris?

no


Is ciliary body is a smooth muscle structure ot which the lens is attached?

Yes; the ciliary body is a mass of smooth muscle from which the lens is suspended.


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.


What connects the ciliary body to the lens?

The lens is attached to the ciliary body by fibers (zonules of Zinn).


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.