AmiGO 2: Term Details for "tear secretion" (GO:0070075)

Accession: GO:0070075
Name: tear secretion
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The regulated release of the aqueous layer of the tear film from the lacrimal glands. Tears are the liquid product of a process of lacrimation to clean and lubricate the eyes. Tear fluid contains water, mucin, lipids, lysozyme, lactoferrin, lipocalin, lacritin, immunoglobulins, glucose, urea, sodium, and potassium. Source: GOC:rph
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0070075 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to tear secretion (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to tear secretion (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for tear secretion (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
tear secretion	is_a	body fluid secretion (GO:0007589)
tear secretion	is_a	secretion by tissue (GO:0032941)

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