lacrimal artery vs artery

lacrimal artery and artery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lacrimal artery	Yes	No	No	No
artery	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, artery is a hypernym of lacrimal artery; that is, artery is a word with a broader meaning than lacrimal artery:

lacrimal artery: an artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the forehead
artery: a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body

Other hypernyms of lacrimal artery include arteria, arterial blood vessel.

lacrimal artery (noun)	artery (noun)
an artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the forehead	a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
	a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body