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Ciliary Body

"Ciliary Body" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A ring of tissue extending from the scleral spur to the ora serrata of the RETINA. It consists of the uveal portion and the epithelial portion. The ciliary muscle is in the uveal portion and the ciliary processes are in the epithelial portion.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Ciliary Body" by people in this website by year, and whether "Ciliary Body" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2000 and 2002 and 2012
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