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globe where the non-plicated part of the ciliary body ulti- 

 mately develops lies in contact with the anterior capsule 

 of the lens, and forms adhesions to it (Fig. 21, A). On 



FIG. 21. Diagram to show relation of ciliary body to the side of the lens at 



different times in fetal life. 



the growth of the globe this part of the ciliary body gradually 

 recedes, the ciliary processes budding out in front of it. 

 The direction in which the ciliary processes grow is at first 

 inward and backward, so that they come to lie in contact 



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