Circular fibers of ciliary muscle
Fibrae circulares musculi ciliaris
- Latin eponym: Fibrae Muelleri
- Eponym: Müller's muscle
- Related terms: Circular fibres; Circular fibers
Definition
The circular fibers (Müller's muscle, Rouget's muscle) are internal to the meridional ones, and in a meridional section appear as a triangular zone behind the filtration angle and close to the circumference of the iris. They are well-developed in hypermetropic, but are rudimentary or absent in myopic eyes.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
