Why does emotional stress make our tear ducts react?

The amygdala's function, most likely. It controls emotional memory formation and facial expressions. It also causes reactions to stimulations. Emotional stress is the stimulant and the amygdala is notioned to give a reaction in the tear ducts. Hope you're satisfied! Have a nice afternoon or evening, where ever you live

the answer is not complicated,but not so simple,in general

they do this as a reflex, and not only to stress but joy also,

Tears are salty, watery secretions that keep two parts of the eye constantly moist. They flow over the cornea--the transparent coating of the eye--and they lubricate the conjunctiva--the membrane covering the white of the eye and lining the inside of the eyelids. Doing their job on the cleanup crew, tears also wash away stray bits of dust and grit and help keep your eyes infection-free with a natural antiseptic called lysozyme. Even though one tear is as good as another, they come from different sources. The tears that constantly keep your eyes moist, called the basic tear secretions, are produced on the conjunctiva and also in the eyelids.The tears that you cry due to emotional stress are REFLEX TEARS, generated from what''s called a lacrimal gland in the upper, outer corner of your upper eyelid. These tears spring into action when you get something in your eyes as well.Some of this overflow ends up in your tear ducts, the pinpoint-size holes located in the inside corners of your lower and upper eyelids. Rather than produce tears, tear ducts act as the drainage ducts through which the tears get washed into your nasal passages. That's right--when you blow your nose after a good cry, you're actually sending a spray of tears into your tissue. hormonal changes,depression,dust

dry air,and even some medicines can give you a side-effect

affecting the lacrimals,and remember not everyone reacts the same under stress.

Now this goes back to the baby years of your life. You cried to be feed, changed, held, as well as when your fav. toy broke. Now that memory is still there and your body knows what to do when you are sad and so on.

Just like the age old question with why when you eat you open your mouth without thinking about it. Its the same thing your brain has it in memory to react to when you eat you open your mouth.

It all seems so thoughtless but there are less people thinking about the everyday things that are done from memory that are like crying, eating, and even the less noticeable things like when to wake up or sleep. Now here is another thing you can do. You can take notice on all the things you do just cause you do it all the time. you will really take notice on what you really do and how fast it can be lost from a stroke later in life if that runs in your family or you have bad habits that will lead to one later in life. More people should think of things like this.

Its great to have people who think along these lines or we would never have such a great system in health care.

Your tear duct is where the tears produced by the lacrimal gland are drained , so therefore our tear ducts do not produce the tears and do not react to emotion