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Tear ducts are an obvious liquid secreted by the tear glands found in most land mammals' eyes. Their basic purposes are to moisten the eye, removing irritants, lubricating the lens, and assisting the immune system. Tears also occur as an important part of the animals' natural pain mechanism. The tears that drain from the eye have the consistency of cottage cheese with a thin film of water attached. They drain into the corners of the eye and drain into the nose and throat.

Tears are primarily made up of proteins called intercellular fluid (ICF). Some tears are made up of water, while other are made up of protein rich ICF known as albumin. Watery tears are frequently associated with a running nose and a greasy discharge from the eyes. Dryer and thicker tears are less desirable for the health of the eye.

Tear drops are the common medical term for tears. The fluid that lubricates and moistens the eye and serves as a carrier for some of the secretions is known as the tears. When excessive tears take place it is called a condition known as dry eye and can be quite painful.

The other terms that describe tear flow are - Epistaxis, or the slowing down of tear production, the tear glandular activity and the tear drainage into the nose and throat. In order to have adequate drainage, one must be able to reduce or eliminate extrinsic pressure. When the pressure exceeds the maximum tolerable amount the internal structures of the eye become damaged and this is what causes pain.

The verb tear means "to shed or let out". The noun tear means "a fluid that flows by means of blood". The tense in tear means "towards the end of" and is therefore past. The past tense form is also used when describing tear ducts.

Tear lines are visible on the cornea when a person squints because the flow of tears increases with the increase of air. When we laugh the airways open and increase the flow of tears. Keep scrolling back in time a little bit and you'll see that the original clown's grin was on his face all along and he did not even have the ability to speak. This was an example of an extrinsic pressure. The kid's definition for tear ducts is "a channel where the fluids excreted by the tears enter the eye through a narrowing gateway".

Children have different needs than adults to the exact definition of tear duct will vary from one child to another depending upon the needs that they have. As said before children have different needs than adults and these needs will be satisfied through different methods. For example, adult tears contain more water than tears of children and this is the reason that adult's eyes tend to be dryer than children's eyes.

We have already defined the verb and the noun and in this lesson we must learn about the other senses associated with this verb. In lesson two, I will discuss the meaning defined as "the discharge of fluid from the eye orifices". Hopefully by now, you have been able to understand the different usages of this verb.

The medical definition is correct but what does this verb mean? Pulling apart is the medical definition of tear trough the tear duct. You may have heard of the definition of the tear as "a band of tissue or a group of cells united by a strong bond". This definition is correct but in order to tear something apart, it is not just a simple band of cells. This tear duct is a long tubular channel through which fluid flows and it is this fluid that pours into the aqueous humor and helps make the tears.

There are two main verbs that help describe this process and these verbs have both noun and verb roots. These verbs are the act of tearing and the noun is the thing that is being torn apart or the eyeball for medical purposes. Keep scrolling back to lesson one for my comparison of the verb to the noun.