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Accessory lacrimal gland

Dry eye results from an unstable tear film or tear evaporation, which results in damage to the ocular surface. The Unified Theory published in 1998 provided the basis for understanding dry eye as an inflammatory disease of the integrated lacrimal functional unit.The lacrimal functional unit consists of the ocular surface (cornea, meibomian glands, and conjunctiva), main and accessory lacrimal glands, and their interconnecting nerves. In the healthy state the lacrimal functional unit maintains a... [Pg.238]

A few reports of others and ourselves are in support of sialomucins being produced not only in conjunctival goblet cells but also in the main and accessory lacrimal gland cells 4,5,11,12 question further the unique importance of conjunctival goblet cell borne... [Pg.273]

Mueller, A. P., Sato, K., and Glick, B., 1971, The chicken lacrimal gland, gland of Harder, caecal tonsil and accessory spleen as sources of antibody-producing cells. Cell. Imm. 2 140-152. [Pg.239]

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