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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:lacrimal punctum
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Accession:UBERON:0010284 term browser browse the term
Definition:A minute orifice on the summit of the papillae lacrimales, which is the commencement point of the lacrimal canaliculi.
Comment:[function-note] "collect tears produced by the lacrimal glands"
Synonyms:related_synonym: lacrimal point;   lacrimal puncta;   puncta lacrimalia
 xref: FMA:59365;   SCTID:263344003;   Wikipedia:Lacrimal_punctum



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          ectoderm-derived structure 0
            lacrimal punctum 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  embryonic tissue 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
                      germ layer 0
                        ectoderm 0
                          ectoderm-derived structure 0
                            neurectoderm 0
                              presumptive neural plate 0
                                neural plate 0
                                  pre-chordal neural plate 0
                                    eye primordium 0
                                      immature eye 0
                                        optic vesicle 0
                                          optic cup 0
                                            camera-type eye 0
                                              ocular surface region 0
                                                lacrimal apparatus 0
                                                  lacrimal drainage system 0
                                                    lacrimal punctum 0
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