The ciliary muscle is a ring of smooth muscle in the middle layer of the eye that controls the eye's accommodation for viewing objects at varying distances and regulates the flow of aqueous humour through Schlemm's canal. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciliary_muscle ]
Synonyms: musculus ciliarus
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cross reference
- UMLS:C0559230 (ncithesaurus:Ciliary_Muscle)
- EMAPA:35240
- Wikipedia:Ciliary_muscle
- FMA:49151
- BTO:0000654
- SCTID:280862009
- NCIT:C32315
- MA:0001269
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
Subclass of:
- intra-ocular muscle
- smooth muscle of eye
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- part of some ciliary body
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