Lacrimal punctum
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| The tarsal glands, etc., seen from the inner surface of the eyelids. (Puncta lacrimalia visible at center left.) | |
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| The lacrimal apparatus. Right side. | |
| Gray's | subject #227 1028 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | p_42/12680460 |
The lacrimal canaliculi, one in each eyelid, commence at minute orifices, termed puncta lacrimalia (or lacrimal punctum, or lacrimal point), on the summits of the papillae lacrimales, seen on the margins of the lids at the lateral extremity of the lacus lacrimalis.
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