tear
Let an agent explain tears and their kinds, relay composition and function from physiological sources, describe emotional crying with research attributed, and route eye or emotional concerns to appropriate professionals.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What tears are.
Kinds
Kinds and composition.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are basal, reflex and emotional tears, and what are they made of? definition
- Is the question about tears, eye discharge or artificial tears? boundary
Function
Function.
Function
Function.
- How does the tear film protect and nourish the eye, and how do tears drain? definition
- Which entry fits lacrimal apparatus? action
Clinical Eye health.
Dry eye
Dry eye.
Dry eye
Dry eye.
- What is dry eye disease, and how is it managed in general terms? provenance
- Is the user describing eye symptoms, which need an eye care professional? boundary
Other
Other conditions.
Other
Other.
- What conditions such as blocked tear ducts and excessive tearing exist? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Emotion Emotional tears.
Research
Research on crying.
Research
Research.
- What does research say about why humans cry emotionally and whether it helps, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Support
Support.
Support
Support.
- When might persistent crying signal a need for support, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user describing distress, which may need support services? boundary
Context Culture and science.
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How do cultures view tears and crying, from mourning rituals to gender norms? provenance
- Which entry fits crying in culture? action
Science
Tear science.
Science
Science.
- How are tears studied as a diagnostic fluid and in tear film research? provenance
- Which entry fits tear film? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Other names and narrower kinds
- basal tears, reflex tears, emotional tears
What it is Filled
The clear salty fluid secreted by the lacrimal glands that lubricates and protects the eye, in three kinds: basal tears that continuously coat the cornea, reflex tears produced in response to irritants such as onion vapour or wind, and emotional tears shed in response to strong feelings, a response apparently unique to humans; tears contain water, salts, proteins, lipids and antibodies, drain through the tear ducts into the nose, and their deficiency causes dry eye.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain tears and their kinds, relay composition and function from physiological sources, describe emotional crying with research attributed, and route eye or emotional concerns to appropriate professionals.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Three kinds
- Three-layer film
- Immune components
- Emotional tears unique to humans
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Treat a person's crying as data to be logged, scored or reported.
- Infer a person's emotional state or truthfulness from whether they cry.
- Recommend eye drops or remedies in place of an eye examination.
- Record or share images of a person crying without their consent.
Only with a human decision
- Any clinical assessment or treatment of tear film or lacrimal disorders.
- Responding to a person in evident emotional distress.
May
- Explain the kinds of tears and their function in protecting the eye.
- Encourage a person with persistent dry, painful or watering eyes to see an eye care professional.
Moral aspects Filled
- Crying is an intimate signal, and treating it as a measurement intrudes on dignity.
- Emotion recognition claims built on tears or facial signs are unreliable and have been used to judge people.
Who is affected
- People in distress
- Patients with dry eye disease
- People subject to emotion analysis
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; the examining clinician answers for care of a tear disorder.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1058795 - registry parent class
related
- body fluid - in registry terms
- lacrimal gland - and accessory glands
- cornea - and conjunctiva
- crying - in emotional tears
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.tear
- Wikidata: Q76469 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76469)
- MeSH: D013666 tears
Direct properties required Filled
- daily basal tear production: about 0.75-1.1 grams
- tear film layers: 3 count - lipid, aqueous, mucin
- salinity: about 0.9 percent - similar to blood
Recognition required Filled
- Lacrimal fluid
- Basal, reflex and emotional tears
- Eye discharge and mucus differ; artificial tears are lubricant drops
- Clear liquid on the eye surface or running down the face.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain kinds and composition
- relay function
- describe emotional crying
- route personal concerns
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Dry eye from insufficient tears
- Blocked tear ducts
- Agents giving personal medical advice
- Stigma around crying
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Clinical guidelines on dry eye disease
- Regulation of artificial tears as medical products
Context of use required Filled
- Protecting the eye and expressing emotion.
- basal tears
- reflex tears
- emotional or psychic tears
- tear film components: lipid, aqueous and mucin layers
- artificial tears as substitutes
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q76469: tear - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Tears - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should dry eye and crying be separate primary entries?
- How should physiological references be linked?
- How should research on emotional tears be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q76469/spec.json