Fossa for lacrimal gland

Fossa for lacrimal gland

Frontal bone. Inferior view. The location of the Lacrimal fossa for the Lacrimal gland
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Identifiers
Latin fossa glandulae lacrimalis
TA A02.1.03.026
FMA 57396

Anatomical terms of bone

Located on the inferior surface of each orbital plate of the frontal bone, is smooth and concave, and presents, laterally, under cover of the zygomatic process, a shallow depression, the lacrimal fossa (or fossa for lacrimal gland), for the lacrimal gland.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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