why do our eyes automatically close when we sneeze?
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Why can't we sneeze with our eyes open?
Shutting our eyes while sneezing is an automatic action of the body. Sneezing involves the belly muscles, chest muscles, muscles that control our vocal cords, and muscles in the back of our throat. It is believed that if we do not shut our eyes while sneezing they might pop out of their sockets. Sneezing puts a lot of pressure on our head and respiratory system.Our eyes close to protect themselves.
Did you know?
The speed of a sneeze is about 160 km/hr.A few people sneeze when they go from dark places into lighted ones, like walking out of a movie theater onto a bright street. This is called "photic sneezing."
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SO THE BUGGERS DO NT FLY IN OUR EYES
nerve systems connect together.. so your eyes dont pop out!!
cuz of our nerve system
yup nerve system..your facial muscles contracts its just not your eyes your whole face.
1.Because sneezing involves the movement of facial muscles. 2.It may also be an adaptation to protects our eyes. If there is an irritant that we are breathing in (such as some dust being kicked up, or the wind blowing pollen in our direction), it may also be safer to close your eyes. I bet both involuntary actions were connected together at some point in the process of evolution. its a myth, your eyes wont popout, its an OLD WIVES tale.
We close are eyes or keeping them open is part of the sneeze reflex, its meaning we have no conscious control of sneezes. The primitive part of the brain (called the medulla oblongata and located at the top of the spine) calls the shots. Reflex triggers major muscles of face,throat,and chest to fire out gunk going at 100mph (150 kph) as fast as a pitchers fastball. People tighten the eye muscles, causing them to shut as they tighten the other muscles involved in a sneeze. Really there are people who sneeze with there eyes open, but either way its part of the inborn sneeze reflex.
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