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lacrimal punctum

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A minute orifice on the summit of the papillae lacrimales, which is the commencement point of the lacrimal canaliculi. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrimal_punctum ]

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pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000009

collect tears produced by the lacrimal glands

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Gray895.png

has related synonym

lacrimal point, puncta lacrimalia, lacrimal puncta

id

UBERON:0010284

prefLabel

Lacrimal punctum