Nervous system & sense organs
Lacrimal canaliculus
Canaliculus lacrimalis
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Lacrimal apparatus
DescriptionUnreviewed
The lacrimal canaliculi, (sing. canaliculus), are the small channels in each eyelid that drain lacrimal fluid, from the lacrimal puncta to the lacrimal sac.
This forms part of the lacrimal apparatus that drains lacrimal fluid from the surface of the eye to the nasal cavity.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Canaliculus lacrimalis
- English
- Lacrimal canaliculus
- French
- Canalicule lacrymal
- Spanish
- Canalículo lagrimal
- Portuguese
- Canalículo lacrimal