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GCSE Biology · key term
Fibres connecting the lens to the surrounding ciliary muscles; changes in their tension help change the lens’s shape.
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Specification 4.5.2.3 · Paper 2
Revise: Structure and Function of the EyeSuspensory ligaments connect this region to the lens. Together, the muscles and ligaments change the lens’s shape when the eye focuses on objects at different distances. Surrounding most of the eyeball is the tough white sclera, which protects it.
Fibres that connect the lens to the ciliary muscles and can pull the lens thinner when taut.
Specification B3.1d · Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher)
Fibres connecting the ciliary body to the lens; changes in their tension alter the lens's shape.
Revise: The eyeThe suspensory ligaments connect this region to the lens. Together, they control the tension pulling on the elastic lens.
For each distance, link all four stages: ciliary muscles → suspensory ligaments → lens shape → amount of refraction.
For accommodation, give the complete sequence: ciliary muscles → suspensory ligaments → lens shape → amount of refraction.
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