lacrimal bone

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lacrimal bone - small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts

bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

cranial orbit, eye socket, orbital cavity, orbit - the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

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craniometric point
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Depending on the degree of pneumatization, agger nasi cells can be bounded anteriorly by the frontal process of the maxilla, anterolaterally by the nasal and lacrimal bones, posterolaterally by the lamina papyracea, superiorly by the frontal sinus, inferolaterally by the uncinate process, and posteriorly by the anterior ethmoid complex.

Vertical insertion of the middle turbinate: a sign of the presence of ... by Christmas, Dewey A. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

The preferred location for the ostium created by DCR is through the lacrimal bone in the anterosuperior part of the lateral nasal wall.

Middle meatal obstruction following endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy. ... by Yanagisawa, Eiji / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

The convex anterior margin ascends to the lacrimal bone and in some patients to the skull base or the lamina papyracea, remaining in contact with the bony lateral nasal wall.

Anatomy of the uncinate process by Yanagisawa, Eiji / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

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