Lacrimal fossa
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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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Frontal bone
The frontal bone is a bone in the human skull that resembles a cockleshell in form, and consists of two portions:* a vertical portion, the squama frontalis, corresponding with the region of the forehead....
, is smooth and concave, and presents, laterally, under cover of the zygomatic process
Zygomatic process
Zygomatic process is a protrusion from the rest of the skull, like the bumper of a car. Most of it belongs to the zygomatic bone, and could therefore be called the zygomatic process of the zygomatic bone...
, a shallow depression, the lacrimal fossa (or fossa for lacrimal gland), for the lacrimal gland
Lacrimal gland
The lacrimal glands are paired almond-shaped glands, one for each eye, that secrete the aqueous layer of the tear film. They are situated in the upper, outer portion of each orbit, in the lacrimal fossa of the orbit formed by the frontal bone. Inflammation of the lacrimal glands is called...
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