Editing Ciliary body (section)

{{short description|Part of the eye}}
{{Infobox anatomy
| Name        = Ciliary body
| Latin       = corpus ciliare
| Image       = Blausen 0390 EyeAnatomy Sectional.png
| Caption     = Anterior part of the [[human eye]], with ciliary body near bottom.
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| Precursor   =
| System      = [[Visual system]]
| part_of = [[Eye]]
| Artery      = [[Ciliary arteries|long and short posterior ciliary arteries]]
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The '''ciliary body''' is a part of the [[eye]] that includes the [[ciliary muscle]], which controls the shape of the lens, and the ciliary epithelium, which produces the [[aqueous humor]]. The aqueous humor is produced in the non-pigmented portion of the ciliary body.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Standring | first1=Susan | last2=Gray | first2=Henry | title=Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice | publisher=Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier | publication-place=[Edinburgh] | date=2008 | isbn=978-0-443-06684-9 | oclc=213447727 }}</ref> The ciliary body is part of the [[uvea]], the layer of tissue that delivers [[oxygen]] and nutrients to the eye tissues. The ciliary body joins the [[ora serrata]] of the [[choroid]] to the root of the [[iris (anatomy)|iris]].<ref name="Cassin">Cassin, B. and Solomon, S. ''Dictionary of Eye Terminology''. Gainesville, Florida: Triad Publishing Company, 1990.</ref>