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Fossa for lacrimal sac

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Fossa for lacrimal sac
Lacrimal fossa for the Lacrimal sac
Lacrimal bone, medial anterior orbital cavity. The location of the Lacrimal fossa for the Lacrimal sac
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Identifiers
Latinfossa sacci lacrimalis
TA98A02.1.00.082
TA2486
FMA54390
Anatomical terms of bone

A smooth, more deeply concave depression on the lacrimal bone, which forms the medial wall of the orbital cavity, in which the lacrimal sac that drains into the nasolacrimal duct is located, is referred to as the lacrimal fossa (or fossa for the lacrimal sac).

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 137 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)