As the choroid approaches the front part of the eyeball, its parts become folded upon themselves into a series of ridges, called ciliary processes. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
For the first time, scientists have linked the growth of new brain cells–induced by a compound known as ciliary neurotrophic growth factor CNTF–with weight loss in mice. From Wordnik.com. [Newborn Brain Cells Could Regulate Weight | Impact Lab] Reference
You have a muscle in your eye called the ciliary muscle, that contracts to make the eye’s lens fatter and able to zoom in to objects closer up. From Wordnik.com. [Shock of Gray] Reference
Anteriorly it forms the ciliary processes and the iris. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
We vertebrates have ciliary cells, c-opsin, and a phosphodiesterase pathway. From Wordnik.com. [PZ Myers - The Deepest Links (on Evolution)] Reference
The ciliary muscle plays between these opposing forces in the following manner. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference
It is probable that the secretion from the glandular zone of the ciliary body is increased. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
That portion of the choroid layer is the ciliary body, and this contains the ciliary muscle. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
Its stimulant action on the iris and ciliary muscle is employed when they are weak or paralysed. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Show how the iris, the crystalline lens, the retina, the ciliary muscle, and the cornea aid in seeing. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference
When that happens, the ciliary muscles contract, and this lessens the tension on the suspensory ligaments. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
These folds gradually become larger, and at last merge into the ciliary or accommodation muscle of the eye. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
We have to take into account the large scleral wound made, and the fact that this lies close to the ciliary body. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
The openings for the passage of the anterior ciliary vessels are enlarged in many, particularly in advanced cases. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
It is usually followed by hæmorrhage into the anterior chamber, and there may be separation of the iris from its ciliary border. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
Some invertebrates also have both, but they use the rhabdomeric receptors for vision and the ciliary receptors for circadian rhythms. From Wordnik.com. [PZ Myers - The Deepest Links (on Evolution)] Reference
The vascular membrane (iris, ciliary body and chorioid) and the retina become atrophic, the atrophy varying in degree in various parts. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
All around the edge, where the cornea, sclerotic, and choroid meet, is a ring of involuntary muscular fibers, forming the ciliary muscle. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The ciliary muscle is thus known as the muscle of accommodation, because it has the power to accommodate the eye to near and distant objects. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
It was I who resolved the singular problem of rotation in the cells and hairs of plants into ciliary attraction, in spite of the assertions of. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858] Reference
I admit that this intervention exposes the root of the iris and the ciliary body, but I have never yet had the slightest infection of the wound. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
This insures establishing our fistula in the most anterior position possible, and, therefore, as far away as possible from the ciliary body and the angle of the chamber. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
Held in place by suspensory ligaments of ciliary body. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Secreted by epithelium on inner surface of the ciliary body. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Important clue to understanding the pathogenesis of ciliary disorders. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Length of biological marker linked to cancer] Reference
The ciliary disk projects conspicuously beyond the peristomial border. From Wordnik.com. [Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901] Reference
Miller syndrome and primary ciliary dyskinesia - and their two unaffected parents. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
In another section, locomotion is effected by a modification of ciliary apparatus. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852] Reference
The cough reflex, forced expiration, and ciliary action, normally remove the excess. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
Crepidula fornicata: the origins of ciliary bands, nervous system and muscular elements. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The ciliary muscle is generally thought to effect the change of form of the crystalline. From Wordnik.com. [Medical Essays, 1842-1882] Reference
Its curvature is controlled by the ciliary muscles which form a circular structure around it. From Wordnik.com. [Best Syndication -] Reference
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