lacrimal gland
tear gland

Tears are produced by the lacrimal gland, situated just outside the eyes.

Together, they function to collect tears produced by the lacrimal glands.

A music video has been shot for the song "Lacrimal Gland."

These fibers will eventually provide innervation to the lacrimal gland.

Sea turtles have lacrimal glands that allow them to produce very salty tears.

It is mainly produced by the lacrimal gland.

The lacrimal gland is primarily responsible for producing emotional or reflexive tears.

Sometimes biopsy will be needed to be sure that a tumor of the lacrimal gland is not present.

However, they continue to course with the parasympathetic fibers innervating the lacrimal gland.

Article: Malignant lymphoma of the lacrimal gland: a nation-based study.

In the middle, forming the bulk of the tears, is a watery layer produced by the lacrimal gland.

They will travel to the lacrimal gland via the lacrimal nerve.

A dacryoadenectomy is the surgical removal of a lacrimal gland.

This is because the lacrimal glands are located superiorly and laterally in the orbit.

Increase protein content of secretions from lacrimal glands.

The condition is not congenital and develops over the course of a few months as the lacrimal glands fail to produce tears.

Lacrimal defects: The lacrimal glands in the eye secrete tears.

Lacritin flows downstream from the lacrimal gland through ducts onto the eye.

Inflammation of the lacrimal glands is called dacryoadenitis.

It can range from a diffuse inflammatory process to a more localized inflammation of muscle, lacrimal gland or orbital fat.

A neuronal connection between the lacrimal gland (tear duct) and the areas of the human brain involved with emotion has been established.

Accessory lacrimal glands in the conjunctiva constantly produce the aqueous portion of tears.

Some patients first thought to have dacryoadenitis may turn out to have a malignancy of the lacrimal gland.

It provides sensory innervations for the lacrimal gland, conjunctiva, and the lateral upper eyelids.

The lacrimal gland and the accessory conjunctival glands produce fewer tears.