A network of orbital structures of the eye that secrete and drain tears from the surface of the eyeball into the nasal cavity; these parts include the lacrimal glands, lacrimal lake, lacrimal ducts, lacrimal canals, lacrimal sacs, nasolacrimal ducts, and lacrimal puncta.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
lacrymal system
related_synonym:
apparatus lacrimalis; lacrimal drainage system; nasolacrimal drainage system; nasolacrimal system