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ciliary muscle
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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 ]
Term info
Label
ciliary muscle
Synonyms
- musculus ciliarus
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Gray872.png
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
Bowman`s muscles, ciliaris, musculus ciliaris
id
UBERON:0001605
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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