The lacrimal gland is anterior in the superolateral region of the orbit (Fig. 8.83) and is divided into two parts by the levator palpebrae superioris (Fig. 8.84):
The larger orbital part is in a depression, the lacrimal fossa, in the frontal bone.
The smaller palpebral part is inferior to the levator palpebrae superioris in the superolateral part of the eyelid.