The thickened portion of the vascular tunic, which lies between the choroid and the iris, composed of ciliary muscle and ciliary processes. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 MP:0005099 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciliary_body ]
Synonyms: ocular ciliary body
Term information
- VHOG:0000102
- BTO:0000260
- FMA:58295
- XAO:0000186
- EMAPA:19065
- MESH:D002924
- SCTID:263340007
- AAO:0010341
- EV:0100346
- Wikipedia:Ciliary_body
- MA:0000264
- GAID:916
- CALOHA:TS-0694
- NCIT:C12345
- neuronames:1571
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- multi-tissue structure
- ectoderm-derived structure
- has part some ciliary muscle
- develops from some neurectoderm
- part of some anterior uvea
- has part some ciliary processes
- contributes to morphology of some anterior uvea