Sentence examples for basal tears from inspiring English sources

Your basal tears are what I like to call the 'worker tears' and they keep your cornea (the transparent front of your eye) nourished and lubricated so your eyes don't dry out.

These results indicate that tear lipocalin is the predominant phosphoprotein in normal human basal tears.

Basal tears were collected using a capillary tube and corneal curvature was mapped using a topographer.

Using proteomic techniques, this study was designed to analyze phosphoproteins found in open eye basal tears from normal human subjects.

Basal tears are sort of always present.

Basal tears are those that simply lubricate the eye and help keep it clear of dust.

Nucleobindin-2, prolactin-induced protein and lipophilin C also appear to be phosphorylated in basal tear samples.

Basal tear secretion is maintained by a continuous neural reflex from the corneal and conjunctival sensory nerves that is associated with blinking [21].

We examined basal and stimulated salivary flow and basal tear flow (Schirmer's tear test), and we measured NOx levels in saliva (Table 3).

It has been shown that even untreated patients with POAG have reduced basal tear secretion compared with healthy control patients [ 21].

130, 149, 185, 187 Chronic wear of OrthoK lenses was also significantly associated with reduced basal tear secretion 187 and tear film stability, however with limited information reported dry eye symptoms.