whydo tears and sweat taste salty ?

Answer 1

75% of your body muscle is comprised of water. Your body functions need minerals, salt, etc to keep you alive. When you tear, the body is expelling those and you can taste it. It's also why animals like to lick you. They are getting salt from your skin that is perspirating minerals, salts, etc.

Answer 2

Sweat Tastes Salty

Answer 3

Tears & sweat taste salty because there are certain salts inside your body. These salts which areused in your body is thrown out of hte body by your sweat & tears. That is whydo tears and sweat taste salty.

Answer 4

Tears and sweat contain the waste metabolic products which are formed during process going inside the body. Both of them contains Nacl (salt) as one of the component. That is why it tastes salty

Answer 5

Salt is an important component of our bodies. One of the reasons for this is that the sodium ions released when salt is dissolved in water serve as essential carriers of electrochemical signals that allow us to function in an integral way. Without signaling a body cannot remain alive.

Salt is found in our blood, in our cells, indeed in all parts that are wet. It is no surprise, therefore, that all secretions of water from our body are salty. This is true of perspiration, which performs an important role in maintenance of our body temperature and it is also true for tears from our eyes. Incidentally, our eyes do not water only when we are sad. A little secretion from our eyes is almost continuous. This is to keep our eyes clean. The fluid that wets our eyes, and sometimes comes out as copious tears also contains, besides salt, a chemical called Lysozyme, which destroys bacteria that might infect our eyes.

Tears also come to other animals and birds. Like they do for us, for them also they perform the functions of cleaning and protecting their eyes. For the ocean-going birds the tears are a bit oily to protect their eyes from salt spray!

It is interesting to realise that frequent blinking of our eyes serves the same function for eyes as the movement of windshield wipers on the front window of our car on a slightly wet day. A thin, uniform layer of the tear fluid allows us to see clearly. The more we learn about the control and maintenance systems of our bodies, the more are we impressed with their virtuous ingenuity. It is hard to believe that all this was a part of an original design. It is more likely that the incomplete and imperfect designs did not survive. All of us now living are the efficient survivors of a long chain of evolution.

Answer 6

the tears and the sweat contains the body wastes and they are the solution of many acid present the body like urea, and when the wastes mix it turns to a salty taste.

Answer 7

In our body there are total 13 minerals.even salt is present in it, and in our body.tears and sweat are a kind of secreation, so, salt also gets excreated with it, hence, tears and sweat taste salty.

Answer 8

Salt is everywhere in our bodies! If it's wet inside of us, it has salt! This includes blood, tears and sweat! Salt is important because the sodium ions released when salt is dissolved in water help transmit electrochemical signals through our body.

Answer 9

tears and sweat do taste salty coz the do have organic /nitrogenous salts

Answer 10

Sweat gland. also called sudorific gland, secretes sweat which contains water, salts, urea and pheromone.
Tears gland( also called lachrymal gland) is a modified sweat gland.Besides, tears contains lysozyme which damages bacterial membrane and hence tears is antiseptic. Salt also helps fight bacteria.