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lacrimal apparatus

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001750

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: lacrymal system, apparatus lacrimalis

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Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000012

this is an eye appendage in ncit, along with eyelid and eyebrow. in MA, part of eye surface part_of eye

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Gray896.png

editor note

TODO - resolve canaliculus vs tear duct vs lacrimal vs nasolacrimal

has related synonym

nasolacrimal system, nasolacrimal drainage system, lacrimal drainage system

id

UBERON:0001750

prefLabel

Lacrimal apparatus