The term Lacrimal or lachrymal, may refer to:
Anatomy
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Lacrimal apparatus
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Lacrimal artery
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Lacrimal bone
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Lacrimal canaliculi
The lacrimal canaliculi, (sing. canaliculus), are the small channels in each eyelid that drain lacrimal fluid, from the lacrimal puncta to the lacrimal sac. This forms part of the lacrimal apparatus that drains lacrimal fluid from the surface of ...
(singular: canaliculus), also known as ''Lacrimal ducts''
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Lacrimal fossa (disambiguation) Lacrimal fossa can refer to:
* Fossa for lacrimal gland
* 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 naso ...
* Lacrimal fluid, see
Tears
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Lacrimal gland
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Lacrimal groove
On the nasal surface of the body of the maxilla, in front of the opening of the 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 concha; this ...
, also known as ''Lacrimal sulcus''
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Lacrimal hamulus
The lacrimal hamulus is a small, hook-like bony projection of the lacrimal bone. It is a continuation of the posterior lacrimal crest. It articulates with the lacrimal tubercle of the maxilla, and completes the upper orifice of the lacrimal canal ...
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Lacrimal lake
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Lacrimal nerve
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Lacrimal papilla
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. At the medial edge of it is the lacrimal punctum, a small hole that lets tears drain into th ...
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Lacrimal punctum
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Lacrimal sac
* Lacrimal secretion, see
Tears
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Lacrimal tubercle
The lateral margin of the groove of the frontal process of the maxilla is named the anterior lacrimal crest, and is continuous below with the orbital margin; at its junction with the orbital surface is a small tubercle, the lacrimal tubercle, whi ...
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Nasolacrimal duct
Typography
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See also
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Lacrima (disambiguation) Lacrima is the Latin word for ''Tears, tear''. It may refer to:
* Lacrima (grape), a rare red wine grape variety native to the Marche region of Italy
* Asprinio Bianco or Lacrima, a white Italian wine grape variety grown primarily in southwest Ital ...
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