Ciliary Body

The ciliary body lies adjacent and is attached to the sclera. One of its basic functions is to nourish the retina. Another is that the muscles of the ciliary body allow the lens of the eye, which is in the center of the ciliary body, to change shape facilitating near and distant vision. The ciliary body also acts as a partition dividing the interior eye into two chambers called the anterior and posterior chambers. These chambers are filled with fluid called aqueous humor, which maintain the intraocular pressure of the eye