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6 Cards in this Set
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What forms part of the medial wall of each orbit?
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Lacrimal Bones
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What is the small depressed inferior opening in the lacrimal bone? And what does it do?
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Lacrimal groove
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What does the lacrimal groove do?
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Provides a passageway for the nasolacrimal duct, which drains tears into the nasal cavity.
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What explains the reason for why crying causes a runny nose?
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The nasolacrimal duct drains tears into the nasal cavity just inferior to the nasal conchae.
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What bone does a tear pass inferior to as it drains into the nasal cavity?
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inferior nasal conchae.
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When you get a cold, the nasal opening can be blocked causing what ot happen?
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Causes the back up of tears and gives you watery eyes.
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