Ciliary processes

Ciliary processes
Interior of anterior half of bulb of eye. (Ciliary process visible at upper right.)
Sagittal diagram of the eye. Ciliary process visible superior to the lens, immediately above the Zonule of Zinn.
Details
ArteryShort posterior ciliary arteries
Identifiers
Latinprocessus ciliares
TA98A15.2.03.011
TA26767
FMA58486
Anatomical terminology

In the anatomy of the eye, the ciliary processes are formed by the inward folding of the various layers of the choroid, viz. the choroid proper and the lamina basalis, and are received between corresponding foldings of the suspensory ligament of the lens.