(biology, relational) Of, pertaining to or involving cilia. / Of or pertaining to the eyelashes. / Of or pertaining to the eyelid. / Of or pertaining to the ciliary body.

a muscle controlling the eye's accommodation for viewing objects at varying distances

(anatomy) A ring of fibrous strands connecting the ciliary body with the crystalline lens of the eye.

plural of ciliary muscle

plural of ciliary body

(anatomy) circumferential tissue inside the eye composed of the ciliary muscle and ciliary processes

(chiefly in the plural, anatomy) inward folding of the choroid with the function of producing aqueous humour

(neuroanatomy) A small autonomic ganglion on the nasociliary branch of the ophthalmic nerve receiving preganglionic fibers from the oculomotor nerve and sending postganglionic fibers to the ciliary muscle and to the iris sphincter.

(neuroanatomy) Any of the nerves supplying the iris, ciliary body, cornea, and adjacent parts.

(anatomy) Any of the vascular folds on the inner surface of the ciliary body that produce the aqueous humor and between which pass the zonule of Zinn joining the ciliary muscle to the lens.