The lacrimal fossa (or fossa for lacrimal gland) is located on the inferior surface of each
orbital plate of the
frontal bone
The frontal bone is a bone in the human skull. The bone consists of two portions.''Gray's Anatomy'' (1918) These are the vertically oriented squamous part, and the horizontally oriented orbital part, making up the bony part of the forehead, par ...
. It is smooth and concave, and presents, laterally, underneath the
zygomatic process
The zygomatic processes are three processes (protrusions) from other bones of the skull which each articulate with the zygomatic bone. The three processes are:
* Zygomatic process of frontal bone from the frontal bone
* Zygomatic process of ma ...
, a shallow depression for the
lacrimal gland
The lacrimal glands are paired exocrine glands, one for each eye, found in most terrestrial vertebrates and some marine mammals, that secrete the aqueous layer of the tear film. In humans, they are situated in the upper lateral region of each or ...
.
See also
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Fossa for lacrimal sac
A smooth, more deeply concave depression on the lacrimal bone, which forms the medial wall of the orbital cavity, in which the lacrimal sac that drains into the nasolacrimal duct is located, is referred to as the lacrimal fossa (or fossa for the la ...
References
External links
1519844- Stedman's Online Medical Dictionary at Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Bones of the head and neck
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