Eye Structure
The aqueous is the thin, watery fluid that fills the space – 1Detween the cornea and the iris (anterior chamber). It is continually produced by the ciliary body, the part of the eye that lies just behind the iris. This fluid nourishes the cornea and the lens and gives the front of thy, eye its form and shape. The choroid lies between the retina and sclera. It is composed of layers of blood vessels that nourish the back of the eye. The choroid connects with the ciliary body toward the front of the eye and is attached to edges of the optic nerve at the back of the eye. The ciliary body lies just behind the iris. Attached to the ciliary body are tiny fibber “guy wires” called zonules. The crystalline lens is suspended inside the eye by the zonular fibbers. Nourishment for the ciliary body comes from blood vessels which also supply the iris. One function of the ciliary body is the production of aqueous humour, the clear fluid that fills the front of the eye. It also controls accommodation by changing the shape of the crystalline lens. When the ciliary body contracts, the zonules relax. This allows the lens to thicken, increasing the eye’s ability to focus up close.
