| Preferred Name |
ciliary muscle |
| Synonyms |
Bowman`s muscles ciliaris musculus ciliarus musculus ciliaris |
| Definitions |
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]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001605 |
| database_cross_reference |
EMAPA:35240 FMA:49151 UMLS:C0559230 BTO:0000654 MA:0001269 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C32315 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciliary_muscle |
| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Gray872.png |
| has developmental contribution from | |
| has_exact_synonym |
musculus ciliarus |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
Bowman`s muscles ciliaris musculus ciliaris |
| id |
UBERON:0001605 |
| imported from | |
| in_subset | |
| label |
ciliary muscle |
| notation |
UBERON:0001605 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
ciliary muscle |
| textual definition |
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]. |
| treeView | |
| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0011222 |