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ciliary muscles

ciliary muscles is the plural of ciliary muscle.

Meaning of ciliary muscle

Noun

ciliary muscle (plural ciliary muscles)

  1. a muscle controlling the eye's accommodation for viewing objects at varying distances

Questions about ciliary muscles

What is ciliary muscles the plural of?
Ciliary muscles is the plural of ciliary muscle.

Words near ciliary muscles in the dictionary

  1. ciliary artery
  2. ciliary bodies
  3. ciliary body
  4. ciliary ganglion
  5. ciliary muscle
  6. ciliary muscles
  7. ciliary nerve
  8. ciliary nerves
  9. ciliary process
  10. ciliary processes
  11. ciliary zonule

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