| 1. | Medially, near the orbital margin, is located the groove for nasolacrimal duct.
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| 2. | Jessup reports one owl having eye lesions from infection spreading into the nasolacrimal duct.
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| 3. | Obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct leads to the excess overflow of tears called epiphora.
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| 4. | When nasolacrimal duct obstruction is secondary to a congenital barrier it is referred to as dacrocystocele.
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| 5. | The upper part of this fossa lodges the lacrimal sac, the lower part, the nasolacrimal duct.
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| 6. | Normally, during daytime, the fluid goes to the nasolacrimal duct and finally into the nasal cavity.
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| 7. | Sometimes in more severe cases, the blood can come up the nasolacrimal duct and out from the eye.
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| 8. | The mainstays of treatment are oral antibiotics, warm compresses, and relief of nasolacrimal duct obstruction by dacryocystorhinostomy.
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| 9. | When the individual is awake, blinking of the eyelid causes rheum to be washed away with tears via the nasolacrimal duct.
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| 10. | The nasal cavity contains the "'nasolacrimal duct "', which drains tears from the eyes and out the nose.
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