TEARS

AFIQAH NU’AIMI BINTI ZAKARIA

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Ability to Cry In a Year

21%

Men

79%
 Outline
• What are tears?
• Types of tears
• Function of tears
What are TEARS ?
Liquid product of a
process of crying to
clean and lubricate
the eyes
 Tear System
Superior
lacrimal
Tear Gland Superior lacrimal canal
punctum
lacrimation
Tear sac

Inferior lacrimal punctum

nal
l ca
ma Nasolacrimal canal
ri
r lac
i o
In fe r
TYPES OF TEARS
• the cornea is continually kept
BASAL wet and nourished by basal tears.
• lubricate the eye
TEARS • help to keep it clear of dust

• results from irritation of the eye

REFLEX by foreign particles
TEARS • the presence of irritant
substances

EMOTIONAL • crying or weeping

• increased lacrimation due to
TEARS strong emotional stress
 Function Of Tears
Assist Vision • Help one's eyesight 

Killing Bacteria • As a natural antibacterial

• lower levels of depression

Improving Mood • someone will lift the mood again

• Biochemist Wiliam Frey

Removing Toxins - Tears contains toxin

• hormone release
Reduce Stress - leucine-endorphin and prolactin enkaphalin
 Building • provide support
Community • increase the ability to communicate

•  the limbic system, brain and heart will be

Feelings of relief smooth
• it makes a person feel better and relieved
 Conclusion
• Ways to impress emotional and to get healty and long life

• Crying act as a moderator variable between stressor

exposure and health

• Crying may only have a positive effect on well-being when it

induces positive effects from the social environment

• A theory that crying is a mechanism developed in humans.

 References
• http://www.amidiq.org/health/the-function-of-
tears.html

• http://www.creationinthecrossfire.com/Articles/tear
s.htm

• http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v15/i4/te
ars.asp

• http://www.dictometer.com/tears

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear
          “Tears are the safety valve of the heart
when too much pressure is laid on it.”
 ~Albert Smith quotes~

         “Tears are the silent language of

grief”
  ~French Philosopher and Writer~

“Let your tears come. Let them water

your soul.”
~Eileen Mayhew~