nasolacrimal duct

nasolacrimal duct
nasolacrimal duct n a duct that transmits tears from the lacrimal sac to the inferior meatus of the nose called also nasal duct

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the duct that passes through the hole (nasolacrimal canal) in the palatine bone of the skull. It drains the tears away from the lacrimal apparatus into the inferior meatus of the nose.

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ductus nasolacrimalis.

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