If a 55-year-old person struggles to read fine print despite corrective lenses for distance, which process explains why the ciliary muscle's behavior leads to this specific vision change?

💡 Explanation

Presbyopia develops because the lens loses elasticity, decreasing its ability to change shape when the ciliary muscle contracts. Therefore, the lens stiffening reduces accommodation, rather than other age-related changes like humor alterations causing the near-vision issue.

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