Lacrimal apparatus

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Lacrimal apparatus
The lacrimal apparatus. Right side.
Latin	apparatus lacrimalis
Gray's	subject #227 1028
Dorlands/Elsevier	a_54/12147244

The lacrimal apparatus is the physiologic system containing the orbital structures for tear production and drainage^[1].
It consists of:

• (a) the lacrimal gland, which secretes the tears, and its excretory ducts, which convey the fluid to the surface of the eye;
• (b) the lacrimal canaliculi, the lacrimal sac, and the nasolacrimal duct, by which the fluid is conveyed into the cavity of the nose.

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• Diagram at hixie.ch

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