lachrymal gland

I didn't know he had lachrymal glands at all until a little while ago.

The lachrymal glands above the eyelids regulate the release of tears.

Does the orbicularis press against, and so directly stimulate, the lachrymal gland?

A junior doctor from rheumatology performed a basic test on my eyes to determine how the lachrymal glands were doing.

The salt probably enters tears as blood flows through the lachrymal glands, where tears are formed.

Its eyes have nictitating membranes for protection along with lachrymal glands, which produce tears.

"No lachrymal glands," George said automatically.

The brain registers the irritation in the eye then alerts the lachrymal gland to stimulate tear production to flush away the invader.

It has nictitating membranes to protect the eyes and lachrymal glands to cleanse its eyes with tears.

Lachrymal glands located behind each eye allow the loggerhead to maintain osmotic balance by eliminating the excess salt obtained from ingesting ocean water.

"His poor mother," murmured the major, trying to get the lachrymal gland in operation, so as to moisten the corner of his eye with a false tear.

Besides their talent for the theater, he said, the Gielguds and the Terrys shared "the same weakness: weak lachrymal glands."

The lachrymal glands continuously secrete, keeping the conjunctiva moist, while intermittent blinking lubricates the conjunctiva and washes away foreign material.

However, the title song "눈물샘" (literally Lachrymal Glands) was very popular, thus extending Byul's career.

Transgenic mice models that carry the HCV envelope genes develop an exocrinopathy affecting salivary and lachrymal glands [ 19 ] .

Both lachrymal glands and Jacobson's organ are well developed, and it has been suggested that the former plays a role in lubricating the nasal passages and Jacobson's organ.

He was truly crying, but it would have been difficult to say whether joy or the onions produced the greatest effect on the lachrymal glands of the old inn-keeper of the Pont-du-Gard.

The eye is also cleaned by tear secretions from the lachrymal gland and protected by an oily substance from the Harderian glands which coats the cornea and prevents dryness.

One main tear gland, called the lachrymal gland, at the upper outer quadrant of each eye, is responsible for emotional crying, Dr. Dolphin explained, while several additional areas produce secretions that keep the eye moist and comfortable.

Does the same nerve which runs to the orbicularis send off fibrils to the lachrymal glands; and if so, when the order goes for the muscle to contract, is nervous force sent sympathetically at the same time to the glands?

Were Mr Clegg an American politician, his admission to psychic pain and to owning lachrymal glands styled after Niagara would beg the question, "Wearing a cute little pair of lace panties under that suit, huh, Nick?"

As with other basal chelonioids (such as Santanachelys and Toxochelys), Corsochelys possesses a large foramen interorbitale with a narrow processus inferior parietalis, which indicates that the genus possessed developed, salt-excreting lachrymal glands.

The young Australian country singer mentions crying in 9 of the 13 original songs on her new album, "Barricades & Brickwalls" (Warner Brothers), and when she performed at the Bottom Line on Monday night she seemed obsessed with her lachrymal glands.

The easy manipulation of sending tears spilling down a young, fresh cheek can be so crass that even in a picture that has higher aspirations (in fact, especially in a picture with higher aspirations) we feel our stomachs being pummeled as well as our lachrymal glands.