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Descriptor English: Nasolacrimal Duct
Descriptor Spanish: Conducto Nasolagrimal
Descriptor conducto nasolagrimal
Entry term(s) conducto nasolacrimal
Scope note: Conducto tubular por el que discurren las LÁGRIMAS desde la GLÁNDULA LAGRIMAL hasta la nariz.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ducto Nasolacrimal
Descriptor French: Conduit nasolacrymal
Entry term(s): Duct, Nasolacrimal
Duct, Tear
Ducts, Nasolacrimal
Ducts, Tear
Lacrimal Sac
Lacrimal Sacs
Nasolacrimal Ducts
Sac, Lacrimal
Sacs, Lacrimal
Tear Duct
Tear Ducts
Tree number(s): A09.371.463.640
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009301
Scope note: A tubular duct that conveys TEARS from the LACRIMAL GLAND to the nose.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under LACRIMAL APPARATUS 1975-90
Online Note: search LACRIMAL APPARATUS 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under LACRIMAL APPARATUS 1975-90
DeCS ID: 9496
Unique ID: D009301
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/16
Nasolacrimal Duct - Preferred
Concept UI M0014491
Scope note A tubular duct that conveys TEARS from the LACRIMAL GLAND to the nose.
Preferred term Nasolacrimal Duct
Entry term(s) Duct, Nasolacrimal
Duct, Tear
Ducts, Nasolacrimal
Ducts, Tear
Nasolacrimal Ducts
Tear Duct
Tear Ducts
Lacrimal Sac - Narrower
Concept UI M000606623
Preferred term Lacrimal Sac
Entry term(s) Lacrimal Sacs
Sac, Lacrimal
Sacs, Lacrimal



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