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Descriptor English: Ciliary Body
Descriptor Spanish: Cuerpo Ciliar
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
Entry term(s): Bodies, Ciliary
Body, Ciliary
Ciliare, Corpus
Ciliares, Corpus
Ciliari, Corpus
Ciliaris, Corpus
Ciliary Bodies
Corpus Ciliare
Corpus Ciliares
Corpus Ciliari
Corpus Ciliaris
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 abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Trabeculectomy MeSH
DeCS ID: 28283
Unique ID: D002924
NLM Classification: WW 240
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/13
Ciliary Body - Preferred
Concept UI M0004476
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.
Preferred term Ciliary Body
Entry term(s) Bodies, Ciliary
Body, Ciliary
Ciliare, Corpus
Ciliares, Corpus
Ciliari, Corpus
Ciliaris, Corpus
Ciliary Bodies
Corpus Ciliare
Corpus Ciliares
Corpus Ciliari
Corpus Ciliaris



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