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lacrimal apparatus
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001750
A network of orbital structures of the eye that secrete and drain tears from the surface of the eyeball into the nasal cavity; these parts include the lacrimal glands, lacrimal lake, lacrimal ducts, lacrimal canals, lacrimal sacs, nasolacrimal ducts, and lacrimal puncta. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]
Term info
Label
lacrimal apparatus
Synonyms
- apparatus lacrimalis
- lacrymal system
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Gray896.png
editor note
TODO - resolve canaliculus vs tear duct vs lacrimal vs nasolacrimal
external ontology notes
this is an eye appendage in ncit, along with eyelid and eyebrow. in MA, part of eye surface part_of eye
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
nasolacrimal system, nasolacrimal drainage system, lacrimal drainage system
id
UBERON:0001750
Term relations
Subclass of:
- anatomical system
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some ocular adnexa
- part of some ocular surface region
- develops from some external ectoderm
- contributes to morphology of some camera-type eye