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Lacrimal tubercle

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Lacrimal tubercle
Left maxilla. Outer surface. (Lacrimal tubercle labeled at center top.)
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LatinTuberculum lacrimale
Anatomical terminology

The lateral margin of the groove of the frontal process of the maxilla is named the anterior lacrimal crest, and is continuous below with the orbital margin; at its junction with the orbital surface is a small tubercle, the lacrimal tubercle, which serves as a guide to the position of the lacrimal sac.

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 161 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)