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  2. Dacryoscintigraphy - Wikipedia

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    Dacryoscintigraphy (DSG), also known as lacrimal scintigraphy, is a nuclear medicine technique for imaging the lacrimal apparatus. It is used to identify obstructions, for example in the lacrimal duct , nasal cavity or nasolacrimal duct .

  3. Lacrimal apparatus - Wikipedia

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    The lacrimal apparatus is the physiological system containing the orbital structures for tear production and drainage. [1] It consists of: The lacrimal gland, which secretes the tears, and its excretory ducts, which convey the fluid to the surface of the eye; it is a j-shaped serous gland located in lacrimal fossa.

  4. Lacrimal gland - Wikipedia

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    The lacrimal gland is a compound tubuloacinar gland, it is made up of many lobules separated by connective tissue, each lobule contains many acini.The acini composed of large serous cells which, produce a watery serous secretion, serous cells are filled with lightly stained secretory granules and surrounded by well-developed myoepithelial cells and a sparse, vascular stroma.

  5. Lacrimal canaliculi - Wikipedia

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    The lacrimal canaliculi (sg.: canaliculus) are the small channels in each eyelid that drain lacrimal fluid, from the lacrimal puncta to the lacrimal sac. This forms part of the lacrimal apparatus that drains lacrimal fluid from the surface of the eye to the nasal cavity.

  6. Eye surgery - Wikipedia

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    Canaliculotomy involves slitting of the lacrimal punctum and canaliculus for the relief of epiphora [33] A dacryoadenectomy is the surgical removal of a lacrimal gland. [33] A dacryocystectomy is the surgical removal of a part of the lacrimal sac. [33] A dacryocystostomy is an incision into the lacrimal sac, usually to promote drainage. [33]

  7. College Football Playoff: Who has best, worst path to ...

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    The first 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is out. Here are the teams with the easiest and toughest paths to the national championship game.

  8. Who did President Biden pardon? See the full list of names ...

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    President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in "the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history," the White House announced Thursday ...

  9. Lacrimal punctum - Wikipedia

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    The lacrimal punctum (pl.: puncta) or lacrimal point is a minute opening on the summits of the lacrimal papillae, seen on the margins of the eyelids at the lateral extremity of the lacrimal lake. There are two lacrimal puncta in the medial (inside) portion of each eyelid. Normally, the puncta dip into the lacrimal lake.