loading...| Preferred Name | lacrimal apparatus | |
| Synonyms |
nasolacrimal drainage system nasolacrimal system lacrimal drainage system lacrymal system apparatus lacrimalis |
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| Definitions |
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. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001750 |
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| database_cross_reference |
MESH:D007765 NCIT:C32905 EMAPA:35462 UMLS:C0022903 Wikipedia:Lacrimal_apparatus FMA:55605 GAID:901 MA:0000274 |
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| definition |
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. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Gray896.png |
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| editor note |
TODO - resolve canaliculus vs tear duct vs lacrimal vs nasolacrimal |
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| external_ontology_notes |
this is an eye appendage in ncit, along with eyelid and eyebrow. in MA, part of eye surface part_of eye |
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| has_exact_synonym |
lacrymal system apparatus lacrimalis |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
nasolacrimal drainage system nasolacrimal system lacrimal drainage system |
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| id |
UBERON:0001750 |
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| label |
lacrimal apparatus |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001750 |
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| preferred label |
lacrimal apparatus |
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| prefLabel |
lacrimal apparatus |
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