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lacrimal gland (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term glandula lacrimalis (par)
Official term lacrimal gland (pair)
Unit identifier TAH:U7086
Unit type pair
Materiality material
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Link to the unit lacrimal gland (pair)
Links of entity generic: lacrimal gland
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: visual organ (pair) Short Extended
Level 3: accessory visual structures (pair) Short Extended
Level 4: lacrimal apparatus (pair)
Taxonomic links Level 2: lobular organ
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Taxonomic definition
Taxonomic definition A lacrimal gland is a lobular organ [organum lobulare ] which is located in the lacrimal fossa [fossa glandulae lacrimalis ossis frontalis ] and consists of a parenchyma made of glandular acini [classis ligamentorum costoxiphoideorum ] that secretes the tears.
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Date: 25.06.2025