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Ciliary Process
The 60 to 80 radiating pigmented ridges that form a frilled circle around the eye lens behind the iris. (NCI Thesaurus)
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Defective movements of the cilia. It includes abnormal movements of the cilia in the nose and paranasal sinuses, the respiratory tract and…
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A rare uveal melanoma that arises from the ciliary body. Patients may present with blurred vision, visual field loss, floaters, and…
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A medulloepithelioma arising from the ciliary body of the uvea.
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A well-circumscribed benign smooth muscle neoplasm arising from the ciliary body of the eye. It is characterized by the presence of spindle…
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A part of the middle layer of the wall of the eye. The ciliary body includes the ring-shaped muscle that changes the…
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