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...the focus muscle (can't remember the proper name)...
Without googling, and trying to recall my O-Level Biology lol, I think it's called the cililary (sp?) muscle. The lens is suspended in it, and the muscle (either side of the lens) contracts/expands to squash/elongate the lens so as to alter the focal length.