Nasolacrimal canal

You don't need to be Editor-In-Chief to add or edit content to WikiDoc. You can begin to add to or edit text on this WikiDoc page by clicking on the edit button at the top of this page. Next enter or edit the information that you would like to appear here. Once you are done editing, scroll down and click the Save page button at the bottom of the page.

Bone: Nasolacrimal canal
The lacrimal apparatus. Right side.
Tear system. a = lacrimal gland b = superior lacrimal punctum c = superior lacrimal canal d = lacrimal sac e = inferior lacrimal punctum f = inferior lacrimal canal g = nasolacrimal canal
Latin	canalis nasolacrimalis
Dorlands / Elsevier	c_04/12208691

The canal containing the nasolacrimal duct is called the nasolacrimal canal.

It is formed by indentations in the inferior nasal conchae, maxilla and lacrimal bone.

See also

• Orbit (anatomy)

Additional images

The seven bones which articulate to form the orbit.

Outline of bones of face, showing position of air sinuses.

External links

• Nasolacrimal+canal at eMedicine Dictionary
• SUNY Labs 29:os-0510 - "Orbits and Eye: Orbital openings and related anatomical features"

v • d • e Bones of head and neck: cranial sutures, fontanelles, and related regions
Cranial sutures	Cranial: Frontoethmoidal - Frontal or Metopic (Frontal/Frontal) - Coronal (Frontal/Parietal) - Occipitomastoid (Occipital/Temporal) - Lambdoid (Parietal/Temporal) - Sagittal (Parietal/Parietal) - Sphenoethmoidal - Sphenofrontal - Sphenoparietal - Sphenosquamosal (Sphenoid/Temporal) - Sphenopetrosal (Sphenoid/Temporal) -Squamosal (Temporal/Parietal) - Petrosquamous (Temporal/Temporal) Facial: Palatomaxillary suture Cranial-facial: Sphenozygomatic - Zygomaticotemporal - Zygomaticofrontal
Fontanelles	Anterior fontanelle - Posterior fontanelle - Sphenoidal fontanelle - Mastoid fontanelle
Foramina of multiple bones	Inferior orbital fissure - Foramen lacerum - Jugular foramen - Nasolacrimal canal
Fossae	Anterior cranial fossa - Middle cranial fossa - Posterior cranial fossa - Cranial cavity
Other compound structures	Cranial: Asterion - Pterion - Calvaria - Stephanion - Bregma - Lambda Facial: Nasion Cranial-facial: Dacryon - Zygomatic arch - Temporal fossa - Infratemporal fossa - Pterygomaxillary fissure - Pterygopalatine fossa

hu:Canalis_nasolacrimalis

Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content

Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .