See Also: lacrimal gland(medicine)
Lacrimal gland(health)
lacrimal gland enlargement(medicine)
fossa of lacrimal gland(medicine)
excretory ductules of lacrimal gland(medicine)
palpebral part of lacrimal gland(medicine)
excretory ducts of lacrimal gland(medicine)
orbital part of lacrimal gland(medicine)
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lacrimal gland (medicine)


lacrimal gland


The gland that secretes tears; it consists of 6 to 12 separate compound tubuloalveolar serous glands, located in the upper lateral part of the orbit, and is partially divided into a smaller palpebral part and a larger orbital part by the aponeurosis of the levator palpebrae muscle.

Synonym: glandula lacrimalis.