Tags: Anatomical Structure, Muscle.

The iris dilator muscle (pupil dilator muscle pupillary dilator radial muscle of iris radiating fibers) is a smooth muscle of the eye running radially in the iris and therefore fit as a dilator. The pupillary dilator consists of a spokelike arrangement of modified contractile cells called myoepithelial cells. These cells are stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system. When stimulated the cells contract widening the pupil and allowing for more light to pass through the eye.

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