lacrimal caruncle

small, reddish-yellowish, globular nodule at the inner corner (the medial angle) of the eye
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q2150283
lacrimal caruncle
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lacrimal caruncle

Summary

lacrimal caruncle is a class of anatomical entity[1]. It draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #316 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • lacrimal caruncle's image is recorded as Gray892.png[3].
  • lacrimal caruncle's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • lacrimal caruncle's subclass of is recorded as region of conjunctiva[5].
  • lacrimal caruncle's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[6].
  • lacrimal caruncle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026y2yp[7].
  • lacrimal caruncle's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A15.2.07.049[8].
  • lacrimal caruncle's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[9].
  • lacrimal caruncle's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 77672[10].
  • lacrimal caruncle's UBERON ID is recorded as 0014698[11].
  • lacrimal caruncle's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0446860[12].
  • lacrimal caruncle's Quora topic ID is recorded as Lacrimal-Caruncle[13].
  • lacrimal caruncle's TA98 Latin term is recorded as caruncula lacrimalis[14].
  • lacrimal caruncle's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780488248[15].
  • lacrimal caruncle's TA2 ID is recorded as 6844[16].

Why It Matters

lacrimal caruncle draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #316 of 1,372).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . unifr.ch. unifr.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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