GENERAL HISTOLOGY

BONE

DEVELOPING BONE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What bone holds the tear ducts inside the eye
A
Ethmoid
B
Vomer
C
Ulna
D
Lacrimal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The intraosseous duct transits through the maxillary bone. Its medial border is formed by the ethmoid bone superiorly and the inferior turbinate inferiorly. It is about 12 mm long and 3 to 5 mm wide. It opens into the inferior meatus at the valve of Hasner.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lacrimal fossa (or lacrimal sulcus; fossa for lacrimal sac) – depression along the junction of the lacrimal bone and maxilla bone that holds the lacrimal sac; tears formed by the sac drain through a duct into the nasal cavity.

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