Nervous system & sense organs
Lacrimal sac
Saccus lacrimalis
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Lacrimal apparatus
DescriptionUnreviewed
The lacrimal sac or lachrymal sac is the upper dilated end of the nasolacrimal duct, and is lodged in a deep groove formed by the lacrimal bone and frontal process of the maxilla.
It connects the lacrimal canaliculi, which drain tears from the eye's surface, and the nasolacrimal duct, which conveys this fluid into the nasal cavity.
Lacrimal sac occlusion leads to dacryocystitis.
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Names
- Latin
- Saccus lacrimalis
- English
- Lacrimal sac
- French
- Sac lacrymal
- Spanish
- Saco lagrimal
- Portuguese
- Saco lacrimal