Lacrimal bone
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lacrimal-bone-191-15809252
title:
Lacrimal bone
text:
The lacrimal bones are two small and fragile bones of the facial skeleton; they are roughly the size of the little fingernail and situated at the front part of the medial wall of the orbit. They each have two surfaces and four borders. Several bony landmarks of the lacrimal bones function in the process of lacrimation. Specifically, the lacrimal bones help form the nasolacrimal canal necessary for tear translocation. A depression on the anterior inferior portion of one bone, the lacrimal fossa,
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description:
Smallest and most fragile bone of the human skull and face
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrimal_bone
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date modified:
2024-04-11T07:40:45Z
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