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accommodation - Changing the focus of the eye. In man and a few other mammals occurs by changing curvature of lens; at rest, lens is focused for distant objects; it is focused for near objects by becoming more convex with the contraction of the ciliary muscles in ciliary body. Few mammals can accommodate. Most birds and reptiles accommodate by changing curvature of the lens; in fish and amphibians, lens is moved backwards and forwards in relation to retina (as in focusing a camera).

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