Switching focus from near to far allows
the ciliary muscles in the eye to relax.
But the results also led to a new discovery: eyes with myopia had a larger
ciliary muscle ring diameter.
Importantly, the effect was much greater than the effect of age —
the ciliary muscle ring for a 40 - year - old person with myopia would be substantially larger than for a 60 - year - old person with hyperopia.
Not exact matches
The immune cells appear to travel to the lens via a web of ligaments that suspends the lens and connects it to the surrounding
muscle tissue called the
ciliary body, rich with immune - cell - carrying blood vessels.
The
ciliary body that comprises the
muscles inside the eye, which change the shape of the lens in order to enable the eye to focus on near or distant objects.