lacrimal drainage system
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001850
A collection of channels that connects the conjunctival sac with the nasal cavity, encompassing the lacrimal ducts, the lacrimal sac and the naso-lacrimal duct. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
- FMA:61063
- MA:0001295
- SCTID:280426002
- EMAPA:19245
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
chelonians lack a lacrimal duct, and lacrimal/harderian secretions remain in or spill from the conjunctival sac[PMID:7559104]
TODO - resolve lacrimal canaliculus vs larcimal duct
tear duct, lacrimal duct
uberon
UBERON:0001850
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8459
Lacrimal duct
Term relations
- organ
- ectoderm-derived structure
- anatomical conduit
- channel for some secretion of lacrimal gland
- part of some lacrimal apparatus
- connects some lacrimal punctum
- in taxon some (not Testudines)
- only in taxon some Tetrapoda
- connects some nasal cavity