Lacrimal lake

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Lacrimal lake
Front of left eye with eyelids separated to show medial canthus.
Latin	lacus lacrimalis
Gray's	subject #227 1025
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_01/12475299

The lacrimal lake is the pool of tears in the lower conjunctival cul-de-sac, which drains into the opening of the tear drainage system (the puncta lacrimalia)^[1]. The volume of the lacrimal lake has been estimated to be between 7 and 10 µL.[1]

[edit] See also

• Dry eye syndrome
• Lacrimal apparatus
• Medial palpebral commissure

[edit] References

1. ^ Cassin, B. and Solomon, S. Dictionary of Eye Terminology. Gainsville, Florida: Triad Publishing Company, 1990.

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