- The
lacrimal bones are two
small and
fragile bones of the
facial skeleton; they are
roughly the size of the
little fingernail and
situated at the front...
- The
lacrimal glands are
paired exocrine glands, one for each eye,
found in most
terrestrial vertebrates and some
marine mammals, that
secrete the aqueous...
- The
lacrimal punctum (pl.: puncta) or
lacrimal point is a
minute opening on the
summits of the
lacrimal papillae, seen on the
margins of the
eyelids at...
- The
lacrimal sac or
lachrymal sac is the
upper dilated end of the
nasolacrimal duct, and is
lodged in a deep
groove formed by the
lacrimal bone and frontal...
- The
lacrimal lake is the pool of
tears in the
lower conjunctival cul-de-sac,
which drains into the
opening of the tear
drainage system (the
puncta lacrimalia)...
- The
lacrimal canaliculi (sg.: canaliculus) are the
small channels in each
eyelid that
drain lacrimal fluid, from the
lacrimal puncta to the
lacrimal sac...
-
sinus is a deep groove, the
lacrimal groove (or
lacrimal sulcus),
which is
converted into the
nasolacrimal canal, by the
lacrimal bone and
inferior nasal...
- The
lacrimal papilla is the
small rise in the
bottom (inferior) and top (superior)
eyelid just
before it ends at the
corner of the eye
closest to the nose...
- The
lacrimal apparatus is the
physiological system containing the
orbital structures for tear
production and drainage. It
consists of: The
lacrimal gland...
- The
lacrimal caruncle, or
caruncula lacrimalis, is the small, pink,
globular nodule at the
inner corner (the
medial canthus) of the eye. It
consists of...
