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OCR: CILIARY MUSCLES OUR CILIARY MUSCLES form ring that surrounds the lens in your eye They are attached your lens by fine strands ca lled suspensory ligaments. Together, these are known as the ciliary body, which controls the shape of your lens. To focus on near object. the ciliary body contracts, the ring gets smaller, the ligaments slacken and the elastic lens gets fatter. The reverse happens W vhen you focus on a distant object. Suspensory ligaments Ciliary muscles when