Lacrimal groove

Lacrimal groove

Left lacrimal bone. Orbital surface. Enlarged. (Lacrimal groove visible at left.)
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Identifiers
Latin Sulcus lacrimalis maxillae
Dorlands
/Elsevier
s_28/12768911
TA A02.1.00.081
A02.1.09.003
FMA 57613

Anatomical terms of bone

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 canal opens into the inferior meatus of the nose and transmits the nasolacrimal duct.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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