When the human eye is accommodated to make the image of a distant object focus on the retina, which of the following is true? The ciliary muscles are:

Relaxed, the ciliary fibres are taut and the lens is nearly spherical.
Contracted, the ciliary fibres are slack and the lens is nearly spherical.
Contracted, the ciliary fibres are slack and the lens is thin.
Relaxed, the ciliary fibres are taut and the lens is thin.
Relaxed, the ciliary fibres are taut and the lens is thin.  To focus on a distant object, the lens must be pulled into a thin profile by the ciliary fibres being taut. This occurs when the ciliary muscles recedes from the lens as it relaxes.

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