tear glands
Eye moisture sources
Tear glands are the glands that produce tears, located above each eye.
The technical term is lacrimal glands.
They continuously secrete fluid that lubricates and protects the eye, with increased production during crying or when the eye is irritated: The doctor said her dry eyes were caused by underactive tear glands.
- lacrimal apparatusEye's moisture-producing structures
- cryingEmotional tear release
- weepShed tears emotionally
- lacrimalOf tear production
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
secretion · ducts · cries · good cry · tears of joy · lachrymose · sobbing · dry eye syndrome · eye drops · allergies · emotional · puffy · red eyes · saline · salty tears · eyelids · blinking · watery
- glandsadrenal glands, pancreas, ovaries, mammary glands, pituitary
- exocrine glandssalivary glands, sweat glands, mammary glands
- tear systemtears, lacrimal apparatus, lacrimation, tearing, nasolacrimal duct
- autonomic systemsympathetic, parasympathetic, vagus nerve, fight or flight, rest and digest
- cholinergic systemacetylcholine, cholinergic, choline, cholinesterase, parasympathetic