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minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWhat other functions do the eyes do than seeing?
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoCrying to release endorphins. That count?
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoClose enough? As the eyeball lubrication system, I’d call tear ducts part of the eyeball unit. 🤷🏻 Hell, everything is ultimately part of the same unit, even the bacteria that’s not “us”.
minus-squarecattywampas@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoEyes have a huge role in communication.
minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI don’t think I’d count that as explicitly a physical bodily function.
minus-squarecattywampas@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoBut a function nonetheless, and it’s been one for millions of years and since before we were human.
minus-squarecynar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoCircadian rhythm maintenance. Melatonin is broken down in the eye by blueish light. When this stops, the melatonin levels begin to climb, leading to tiredness. This is also why phones etc keep you awake.
What other functions do the eyes do than seeing?
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Crying to release endorphins. That count?
Tear ducts, sure. But eyeballs?
Close enough? As the eyeball lubrication system, I’d call tear ducts part of the eyeball unit. 🤷🏻 Hell, everything is ultimately part of the same unit, even the bacteria that’s not “us”.
Eyes have a huge role in communication.
I don’t think I’d count that as explicitly a physical bodily function.
But a function nonetheless, and it’s been one for millions of years and since before we were human.
Circadian rhythm maintenance.
Melatonin is broken down in the eye by blueish light. When this stops, the melatonin levels begin to climb, leading to tiredness.
This is also why phones etc keep you awake.