A network of orbital structures of the eye that secrete and drain tears from the surface of the eyeball into the nasal cavity; these parts include the lacrimal glands, lacrimal lake, lacrimal ducts, lacrimal canals, lacrimal sacs, nasolacrimal ducts, and lacrimal puncta. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]
Synonyms: apparatus lacrimalis lacrymal system
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Term information
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cross reference
- GAID:901
- FMA:55605
- NCIT:C32905
- EMAPA:35462
- MESH:D007765
- MA:0000274
- Wikipedia:Lacrimal_apparatus
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
Subclass of:
- anatomical system
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some ocular adnexa
- part of some ocular surface region
- contributes to morphology of some camera-type eye
- develops from some external ectoderm