Development of the Lacrimal Apparatus in the Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and Its Potential Role as an Animal Model for Humans

Figure 7

Medial view of midsagittal cut through the adult rabbit skull, with the nasal septum and nasal turbinates (including the full extent of the maxilloturbinate) removed. Abbreviations: BC = maxillary bone canal, NC = nonmaxillary bone canal, SO = subepithelial orbit. Bones are colored as follows: frontal (pink), lacrimal (light blue), maxilla (yellow), nasal (salmon), palatine (indigo/dark blue), and premaxilla (green). (Original illustration by J. L. Johnson).