The paired channels leading from the lacrimal sacs to the inferior meatus of the nose, through which tears are conducted through the nasal cavity. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 MP:0008969 ]
Term information
- UMLS:C0027437 (ncithesaurus:Nasolacrimal_Duct)
- GAID:902
- FMA:9703
- AAO:0000643
- Wikipedia:Nasolacrimal_duct
- MESH:D009301
- MA:0001299
- SCTID:280643009
- NCIT:C33161
- VHOG:0000664
- EHDAA2:0001237
- EHDAA:7849
- EHDAA:9094
- EMAPA:17853
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The nasolacrimal duct is probably homologous to the posterior (excurrent) naris of actinopterygian fishes.[uncertain][VHOG]
the nasolacrimal duct, the sac is lined by stratified columnar epithelium with mucus-secreting goblet cells, and is surrounded by connective tissue
Term relations
- duct
- ectoderm-derived structure
- has part some goblet cell
- channel for some secretion of lacrimal gland
- develops from some nasolacrimal groove
- connects some lacrimal sac
- has part some stratified columnar epithelium
- part of some lacrimal drainage system
- contributes to morphology of some lacrimal apparatus
- connects some nasal cavity