lacrimal gland 7086

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lacrimal gland (pair)

Identification

Navigation

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
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language

Taxonomic definition

A lacrimal gland is a lobular organ

] 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.

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	human body
TAH:U6876	sensory organs XOS
TAH:U6880	visual organ (pair) UOX
TAH:U7030	accessory visual structures (pair) VOU
TAH:U7085	lacrimal apparatus (pair) UOV
TAH:U7086	lacrimal gland (pair) UOU

TAH:U7087	orbital part (pair) UOU
TAH:U7088	palpebral part (pair) UOU
TAH:U7627	lacrimal acini (pair) VOU
TAH:U7630	intralobular canals of lacrimal gland (pair) VOU
TAH:U7631	interlobular canals of lacrimal gland (pair) VOU
TAH:U7089	excretory canals of lacrimal gland (pair) VOU

Total

6 children

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67165	material entity
FMA:305751	anatomical structure
FMA:67135	postnatal anatomical structure
FMA:67498	organ
FMA:55670	solid organ
FMA:55661	parenchymateous organ
FMA:55662	lobular organ
FMA:59101	lacrimal gland

Date: 25.06.2025