What Is the Ciliary Body?

The ciliary body is an annular thickened part behind the iris of the eyeball. The anterior part has a radial inward and radial protrusion, called the ciliary process. It suddenly bursts with the lens suspensory ligament (also called the ciliary band or The lens suspension is connected to the lens capsule. There are smooth muscles in the ciliary body, called ciliary muscles, which are dominated by parasympathetic nerves. Their contraction and relaxation can adjust the curvature of the lens. ^[1]

Ciliary body ^[2]

The function of the ciliary body is to produce aqueous humor and to adjust the eye's refractive power by diastole and contraction. ^[3]

Ciliary body dissociation: The ciliary body is separated from the scleral process after the eyeball is bluntly contused, and the anterior chamber communicates with the superior choroid space, causing a group of diseases with low intraocular pressure as the main manifestation.

Ciliary body detachment: The ciliary body is separated from the sclera but not from the scleral process, the anterior chamber does not communicate with the superior choroid space, and the anterior chamber gonioscopy is normal.