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nasolacrimal duct
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the paired channels leading from the lacrimal sacs to the inferior meatus of the nose, through which tears are conducted through the nasal cavity [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]
Term info
Label
nasolacrimal duct
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Gray896.png
has broad synonym
nasolacrimal duct - posterior naris
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
tear duct, d. nasolacrimalis
homology notes
The nasolacrimal duct is probably homologous to the posterior (excurrent) naris of actinopterygian fishes.[uncertain][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0002392
structure notes
the nasolacrimal duct, the sac is lined by stratified columnar epithelium with mucus-secreting goblet cells, and is surrounded by connective tissue
Term relations
Subclass of:
- duct
- tube
- ectoderm-derived structure
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- channel for some secretion of lacrimal gland
- develops from some nasolacrimal groove
- connects some lacrimal sac
- has_part some stratified columnar epithelium
- part of some lacrimal drainage system
- contributes to morphology of some lacrimal apparatus
- connects some nasal cavity
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