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The nasolacrimal duct is found in the nasolacrimal canal and formed by the maxilla and lacrimal bone.
Lacrimal gland, lacrimal duct, superior or inferior lacrimal canal, lacrimal sac, nasolacrimal duct, nasal cavity
In many cases, the cause of a lacrimal duct obstruction is not known. However, in some cases, lacrimal duct obstruction may be caused by smoking and abuse of nasal sprays.
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Lacrimotomy is surgical incision into the lacrimal duct, commonly known as the tear duct of the eye.lacrimotomy
a duct that carries tears from a gland out to the surface of the eye
In animals, the nasolacrimal duct is a tear duct. This duct carries tears from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity.
An obstructed lacrimal tear duct can result in inflammation and infection of the lacrimal sac. The area beneath the eyes next to the nose can become red, inflamed, and sensitive to the touch. The area usually is swollen, and.
Tears are produced by the lacrimal gland and the accessory lacrimal glands and cover the cornea. Tears then drain out the punctum in the medial eyelids, flow down the canaliculi into the lacrimal sac. They then drain down the nasolacrimal duct into the nose at the inferior meatus (under the inferior turbinate).from the lacrimal galnd to the lacrimal canals (lacrimal puncta canaliculi) to the lacrimal sace, then the nasolacrimal duct and finally the nasal cavity
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The nasolacrimal duct (sometimes called tear duct) carries tearsfrom the lacrimal-sacinto the nasal-cavity. Excess tears flow through nasolacrimal duct which drains into the inferior-nasal-meatus.Read more: nasolacrimal-duct