The thickened portion of the vascular tunic, which lies between the choroid and the iris, composed of ciliary muscle and ciliary processes. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciliary_body MP:0005099 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]
Synonyms: ocular ciliary body
Term information
- MA:0000264
- AAO:0010341
- XAO:0000186
- BTO:0000260
- CALOHA:TS-0694
- EV:0100346
- Wikipedia:Ciliary_body
- SCTID:263340007
- neuronames:1571
- GAID:916
- FMA:58295
- EMAPA:19065
- NCIT:C12345
- VHOG:0000102
- MESH:D002924
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- multi-tissue structure
- ectoderm-derived structure
- has part some ciliary muscle
- part of some anterior uvea
- develops from some neurectoderm
- has part some ciliary processes
- contributes to morphology of some anterior uvea