DeCS

Descriptor English:

Ciliary Body

Descriptor Spanish:

Cuerpo Ciliar

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	cuerpo ciliar
Scope note:	Anillo de tejido que se extiende desde el espolón de la esclerótica a la ora serrata de la RETINA. Consta de porción uveal y porción epitelial. El músculo ciliar está en la porción uveal y los procesos ciliares en la porción epitelial.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Corpo Ciliar

Descriptor French:

Corps ciliaire

Tree number(s):

A09.371.060.160
A09.371.894.280

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002924

Scope note:

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.

Annotation:

inflammation: consider CILIARY BODY (IM) + UVEITIS (IM) or UVEITIS, ANTERIOR (IM); diseases = CILIARY BODY (IM) + UVEAL DISEASES (IM); neoplasms = CILIARY BODY (IM) + UVEAL NEOPLASMS (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM); / blood supply consider also CILIARY ARTERIES; pigmented ciliary epithelium: coordinate CILIARY BODY with PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie