1) Human eye anatomy
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The lacrimal glands are paired almond-shaped glands, one for each eye, that secrete the aqueous layer of the tear film. They are situated in the upper, outer portion of each orbit, in the lacrimal fossa of the orbit formed by the frontal bone. Inflammation of the lacrimal glands is called dacryoadenitis. The lacrimal gland produces tears which the...
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A gland that secretes tears. The lacrimal glands are found in the upper, outer part of each eye socket.
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The tear gland of the eye of tetrapod vertebrates. It lies beneath the upper eyelid, in a slight depression in the orbital cavity, of humans and other animals. The lachrimal gland is controled by the autonomic nervous system. It continuously secretes small amounts of sterile, slightly antiseptic, te...
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either of a pair of glands that secrete tears; one is at the upper outer angle of each orbit of the eyes.
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Almond-shaped structure that produces tears Located at the upper outer region of the orbit, above the eyeball
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Lacrimal gland: A small almond-shaped structure that produces tears. The lacrimal gland is located just above the outer corner of the eye. The lacrimal gland is part of the lacrimal apparatus, the system that forms tears, conveys them through the lacrimal (tear) duct to the eye, and drains the tears. The word 'lacrimal' comes from the Indo-European...
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A tear-secreting gland, located on the superior lateral portion of the eyeball underneath the upper eyelid.
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The lacrimal gland is the compound gland that secretes tears and lubricates the surface of the eye and the conjunctiva of the eyelid.
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Tear gland.
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n] - any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears
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One of the two tear glands on each side of the eye; the lacrimal gland lies in the lower part of the orbit of the eye and has many ducts entering the space between the lower lid and the cornea. Its secretions moisten the eye and nourish the cornea.
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a gland situated above the eye that secretes tears
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lachrymal gland noun any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears
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