Ciliary body
(Science: anatomy) tissue that includes the group of muscles that act on the eye lens to produce accommodation and the arterial circle of the iris.
The inner ciliary epithelium is continuous with the pigmented retinal epithelium, the outer ciliary epithelium secretes the aqueous humour.
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