Ciliary synonyms

The cirri or tentacles, of which three or four pairs are present, are capable of being protruded, and the minute larva swims by means of the ciliary action they produce.

In a few genera the place of the chitinoid coat is taken by a ciliary investment and in most families the structure of the layers is characteristic.

During this time the illusion of a wheel or wheels produced by the ciliary action of the disk had puzzled all observers.

Besides the sphincter pupillae, the fibres of the ciliary muscle are stimulated.

Its stimulant action on the iris and ciliary muscle is employed when they are weak or paralysed.