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  • When we eat something sour we tend to close our eye for a few microseconds.
  • why does our eye close when we eat this sour substance? Explain in detail

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Solution

Due to sharp sour flavor taste bud stimulates and sends signal to brain which makes the eyes close in response . It’s our body's response which leads the closure of eye, tightening of lips for fraction of seconds.

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