lacrimal drainage system

Preferred Label : lacrimal drainage system;

Uberon definition : 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.;

Uberon related term : lacrimal duct; tear duct;

Uberon Taxon note : chelonians lack a lacrimal duct, and lacrimal/harderian secretions remain in or spill from the conjunctival sac[PMID:7559104];

Details

Origin ID

0001850;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Lacrimal Drainage System [NCIt concept]
- Lacrimal drainage structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Uberon cross reference
- Lacrimal drainage structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Lacrimal duct [FMA entity]
connects
- lacrimal punctum [UBERON concept]
- nasal cavity [UBERON concept]
has part
- lacrimal canaliculus [UBERON concept]
- lacrimal papilla [UBERON concept]
- lacrimal punctum [UBERON concept]
- nasolacrimal duct [UBERON concept]
part of
- lacrimal apparatus [UBERON concept]

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