If someone has lost their eyeballs would they still be able to cry?

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If someone has lost their eyeballs would they still be able to cry?

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  1. Blackbyrn Avatar

    Assuming there was no damage to the tear ducts yes. The tear ducts are in the eyelids.

  2. argh1989 Avatar

    Tears come from the tear ducts not the eyeballs.

  3. gleaming-the-cubicle Avatar

    Yes, tears come from those little holes on the edge of your eyelids

  4. DelusiveVampire Avatar

    I’ve been wondering about this topic for years now. 

  5. surdophobe Avatar

    What?! now tears are also stored in the balls!?

  6. Zloiche1 Avatar

    Yea, my grandpa lost a eye in WW2 and he always has to dab it dry every few hours. The tear duct still worked. 

  7. Silverblade_21 Avatar
  8. Acrobatic_Being3934 Avatar

    Honestly it’s a good question! The lacrimal glad is in the eyelid. But it works mechanically so when the eye lid moves over the eye ball it lets a little bit of fluid out to lubricate the eye. Would tears flow less if there is no eye to help squeeze them out?

  9. Upper_Economist7611 Avatar

    I DO have eyeballs and I don’t cry. Never have. My tear ducts never developed.

  10. RoyalSoldierx Avatar

    “Without eyes you cannot cry”

    I Can’t Remember by Alice In Chains

  11. PulseFound Avatar

    Yes, tear ducts and the eyes themselves are two separate organs.

  12. sowokeicantsee Avatar

    Eye really cant see the point of this post….

  13. Carlpanzram1916 Avatar

    Yes. The tear duct is not part of the eye. It’s an opening next to your eye.