If you're completely paralyzed, do you still have control over your eyelids? I would think the obvious answer is no--paralysis is paralysis. If that's true, do your tear ducts just continually run because you can't blink?
If you've ever tried keeping your eyes open for too long, whether for a staring contest, for fun or a challenge (I don't know anyone who does that, really), or for any reason, you'll find your eyes start to water up after a while because they're getting too dry. (There's a highly scientific way to explain this, but this time you just get Adrian-logic.)
So if you are paralyzed and you don't have control over your eyelids and say, you're in the hospital, do they have to wipe your eyes every so often? Do they just keep your eyes closed?
If I had to take a guess on this whole thing I would say you'd still have control over your eyelids, despite being paralyzed. I would kind of think your eyelids are wired into the same kind of stuff that your body has to have, like heart and lungs and stuff.
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