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minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 天前What other functions do the eyes do than seeing?
minus-squarecattywampas@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 天前Eyes have a huge role in communication.
minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 天前I don’t think I’d count that as explicitly a physical bodily function.
minus-squarecattywampas@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 天前But a function nonetheless, and it’s been one for millions of years and since before we were human.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 天前Crying to release endorphins. That count?
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 天前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”.
minus-squarecynar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 天前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.
What other functions do the eyes do than seeing?
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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.
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”.
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.