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Post-Helmholtz view of accommodation. In the relaxed eye the lens is held, flattened, under tension by the zonule fibres (a). Contraction of the circular fibres in the ciliary muscle decreases the inner diameter of the ciliary body, releasing tension in the zonule fibres, and so allowing the lens to bulge as a result of the elasticity of its capsule (b).
