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• This incision is made on the medial aspect of the puncta and anterior to the lacrimal duct probes.
• After they've done their job moistening the eyes, the tears flow into canals in the eyelids, which drain into the lacrimal sac, a pouch in the lower inner corner of each eye socket.
• Exposure to ultrasonography, CT scanning, MRI and lacrimal scintigraphy are an active part of the oculoplastic fellowship training program. Curriculum
• Method: 15 adult cadavers (30 sides) were studied on projection anatomy of lacrimal sac on the lateral wall of nasal cavity and the relationship between lacrimal sac and inner canthal ligament.
• Finally a naso-orbital lesion would emerge through a defect between the frontal and the lacrimal bones.
• From the lacrimal sacs, tears move down through the nasolacrimal duct and drain into the back of the nose.
• The lacrimal bones are thin bones that form the anterior portion of the medial walls of the individual orbits.
• In some instances the orifice of the lacrimal duct on the floor of the nasal chamber and close to its anterior outlet will be found blocked by a portion of dry mucopurulent matter, on the removal of which tears may begin to escape. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
• The combination of a paralytic and a senile ectropion leads to a defect of eyelid closure in association with a disorder of lacrimal function.
• A simple and easy-to-perform test assessing the function of the lacrimal glands is the Schirmer's test.