lacrimal apparatus
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 ]
Synonyms: lacrymal system, apparatus lacrimalis
Term info
- MESH:D007765
- Wikipedia:Lacrimal_apparatus
- FMA:55605
- NCIT:C32905
- EMAPA:35462
- UMLS:C0022903 (ncithesaurus:Lacrimal_Apparatus)
- GAID:901
- MA:0000274
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
this is an eye appendage in ncit, along with eyelid and eyebrow. in MA, part of eye surface part_of eye
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Gray896.png
TODO - resolve canaliculus vs tear duct vs lacrimal vs nasolacrimal
nasolacrimal system, nasolacrimal drainage system, lacrimal drainage system
uberon
UBERON:0001750
Lacrimal apparatus
Term relations
- anatomical system
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some ocular adnexa
- part of some ocular surface region
- only in taxon some Tetrapoda
- develops from some external ectoderm
- contributes to morphology of some camera-type eye