A smooth, more deeply concave depression on the lacrimal bone, which forms the medial wall of the orbital cavity, in which the lacrimal sac that drains into the nasolacrimal duct is located, is referred to as the lacrimal fossa (or fossa for the lacrimal sac).
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 137 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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