Dacryon

Dacryon
Medial wall of left orbit. (Dacryon visible but not labeled.)
The skull from the front. (Dacryon visible but not labeled. Maxilla is yellow bone in center, frontal bone is light blue bone at top, and lacrimal bone is barely visible pink bone at center. Label for lacrimal bone is at center right.) )
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The point of junction of the maxillary bone, lacrimal bone, and frontal bone is named the dacryon.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Compound structures of skull

Neurocranium	Calvaria Diploë Asterion Pterion Stephanion Inion Bregma Lambda Fossae anterior middle posterior cranial cavity Base of skull Fontanelle anterior posterior sphenoidal mastoid

Facial skeleton	Nasion Gonion

Both	dacryon zygomatic arch temporal fossa infratemporal fossa pterygomaxillary fissure pterygopalatine fossa

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