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Encyclopedia > Cyclospasm

Cyclospasm is the contraction of the ciliary muscle in the eye, in the accommodation of focus for near vision. Cyclospasm may also exert tensions on the trabecular meshwork, opening the pores and facilitating outflow of the aqueous humour into the canal of Schlemm. The increase in aqueous humour outflow is desirable for patients with glaucoma. Grays FIG. 872- The choroid and iris. ... Human eye The Accommodation Reflex is a reflex action of the eye, in response to focusing on a near object, then looking at distant object (and vice versa). ... This is an area of tissue located around the base of the cornea, near the ciliary body, and is responsible for draining the aqueous humour from the eye via the anterior chamber (the chamber on the front of the eye covered by the cornea). ... The aqueous humour is the clear, watery fluid that fills the complex space in the front of the eye which is bounded at the front by the cornea and at the rear by the front surface or face of the vitreous humour. ... Schlemms canal, also known as canal of Schlemm, is a circular channel in the eye that collects aqueous humor from the anterior chamber and delivers it into the bloodstream . ...


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Cyclospasm refers to the contraction of the ciliary muscle in the eye, in the accommodation of focus for near vision.
Cyclospasm may also exert tensions on the trabecular meshwork,opening the pores & facilitating outflow of the aqeous humour into the canal of Schlemm.
The increase in aqeous humour outflow is desirable for patients with glaucoma.
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