Ciliary body

Ciliary body
Anterior part of the human eye, with ciliary body near bottom.
Details
Part ofEye
SystemVisual system
Arterylong and short posterior ciliary arteries
Identifiers
Latincorpus ciliare
MeSHD002924
TA98A15.2.03.009
TA26765
FMA58295
Anatomical terminology

The ciliary body is a part of the eye that includes the ciliary muscle, which controls the shape of the lens, and the ciliary epithelium, which produces the aqueous humor. The aqueous humor is produced in the non-pigmented portion of the ciliary body.[1] The ciliary body is part of the uvea, the layer of tissue that delivers oxygen and nutrients to the eye tissues. The ciliary body joins the ora serrata of the choroid to the root of the iris.[2]

  1. ^ Standring, Susan; Gray, Henry (2008). Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice. [Edinburgh]: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-443-06684-9. OCLC 213447727.
  2. ^ Cassin, B. and Solomon, S. Dictionary of Eye Terminology. Gainesville, Florida: Triad Publishing Company, 1990.