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Suspensory ligament of lens: anatomy, location and function

Zonular fibres that hold the lens of the eye. Suspend the lens and transmit ciliary muscle tension to change lens shape for focusing.

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Highlighted in the model: Suspensory ligament of lens. Click any part to read about it, or switch off “Highlight topic” to see the whole body. 3D data: BodyParts3D, © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0; meshes simplified and recoloured. The model is an adult male.

Suspensory ligament of lens at a glance

What it is
Zonular fibres that hold the lens of the eye.
Location
Run from the ciliary body to the lens equator.
Function
Suspend the lens and transmit ciliary muscle tension to change lens shape for focusing.
Body system
Skeletal · paired (left and right)
FMA ID
FMA58840 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)

Key facts

  • When the ciliary muscle contracts, the fibres slacken and the lens becomes rounder for near vision.

Structures next to the suspensory ligament of lens

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References

  1. Foundational Model of Anatomy: Suspensory ligament of lens (FMA58840). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
  2. OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §7.1 Divisions of the Skeletal System. Rice University, 2022.
  3. Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.

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