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  2. Tears - Wikipedia

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    The functions of tears include lubricating the eyes (basal tears), removing irritants (reflex tears), and also aiding the immune system. [3] Tears also occur as a part of the body's natural pain response. [4] Emotional secretion of tears may serve a biological function by excreting stress-inducing hormones built up through times of emotional ...

  3. Crying - Wikipedia

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    Crying is the dropping of tears (or welling of tears in the eyes) in response to an emotional state or physical pain. Emotions that can lead to crying include sadness , anger , joy , and fear . Crying can also be caused by relief from a period of stress or anxiety , or as an empathetic response.

  4. Lacrimal bone - Wikipedia

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    Tears, from the lacrimal glands, collect in this sac during excessive lacrimation. The fluid then flows through the nasolacrimal duct and into the nasopharynx. This drainage results in what is commonly referred to a runny nose during excessive crying or tear production. Injury or fracture of the lacrimal bone can result in posttraumatic ...

  5. Table of cranial nerves - Wikipedia

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    V 1 (ophthalmic nerve) is located in the superior orbital fissure V 2 (maxillary nerve) is located in the foramen rotundum. V 3 (mandibular nerve) is located in the foramen ovale. Receives sensation from the face, mouth and nasal cavity, and innervates the muscles of mastication. VI Abducens: Mainly motor Nuclei lying under the floor of the ...

  6. Parasympathetic nervous system - Wikipedia

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    The oculomotor nerve is responsible for a number of parasympathetic functions related to the eye. [9] The oculomotor PNS fibers originate in the Edinger-Westphal nucleus in the central nervous system and travel through the superior orbital fissure to synapse in the ciliary ganglion located just behind the orbit (eye). [10]

  7. Teddi Mellencamp Cries Tears of Joy After Latest Skin Check ...

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    Teddi Mellencamp is sharing good news amid years of removing 17 different spots of melanoma.. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 43, revealed in a Dec. 16 Instagram video that she does not ...

  8. "1923" will have its network premiere on Dec. 8 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and 8 p.m. CT on the Paramount Network.. The show will debut right after a new episode of "Yellowstone" Season 5, which airs at 8 p ...

  9. Lacrimal gland - Wikipedia

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    The lacrimal gland is a compound tubuloacinar gland, it is made up of many lobules separated by connective tissue, each lobule contains many acini.The acini composed of large serous cells which, produce a watery serous secretion, serous cells are filled with lightly stained secretory granules and surrounded by well-developed myoepithelial cells and a sparse, vascular stroma.