lacrimal bone
the irregularly thin plate that forms part of the medial wall of the orbit behind the frontal process of the maxilla [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]
Term info
lacrimal bone
- lachrymal bone
- lacrymal bone
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Gray164.png
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8292
lacrimal
uberon
os lacrimale, lachrymal bone - infraorbital 1, lacrymal bone - infraorbital 1, lacrimal - infraorbital 1, infraorbital 1
The infraorbital bone 1 of actinopterygians is homologous with the lacrimal bone (...).[well established][VHOG]
UBERON:0001680
In early lobe-finned fishes and ancestral tetrapods, the lacrimal bone is a relatively large and robust bone, running from the orbit to the nostrils. It forms part of the side of the face, between the nasal bones and the maxilla. In primitive forms, it is often accompanied by a much smaller septomaxilla bone, lying immediately behind the nasal opening, but this is lost in most modern species. The lacrimal bone is often smaller in living vertebrates, and is no longer always directly associated with the nasal opening, although it retains its connection with the orbit. The bone is entirely absent in living amphibians, as well as some reptilian species[ISBN 0-03-910284-X]
Term relations
- lateral structure
- dermal bone
- irregular bone
- facial bone
- in_lateral_side_of some facial skeleton
- contributes to morphology of some facial skeleton
- has part some (part of some orbit of skull)
- part of some dermatocranium