 That is weird. You know, it turns out that the ciliary body is like the Rodney Dangerfield of the eye. It don't get no respect. It doesn't get respect. Now, what is this? I've never heard of this before, ciliary body. It's important. What does it do? Well, if your eye had no ciliary body, it could not change focus. The ciliary body has the muscles in it that reshape the lens to make you look from one distance to another.