The newly reported study showed that impaired regulatory T cells are a critical contributing factor to Sjögren’s disease in ...

Medically reviewed by John Carew, MD The greater petrosal nerve branches off of the facial nerve in the skull. Along with a ...

Evidently, the eye cannot function properly without the eyelids and the lacrimal system. Herein, the definition of the ocular surface extends to include the ancillary structures - the eyelids and ...

central visual system physiology; oculomotor physiology studies of the lacrimal gland, cornea, and tear film, biomechanics of glaucoma; and visual psychophysics as related to diseases such as dry eye, ...

Secretions from these glands moisten, lubricate, and flush the surface of the eyeball. Tears are drained through the nasolacrimal system into the nose. The secretion from the lacrimal gland is clear.