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Experts also believe that the third eyelid helps to keep the surface of the eye moist, by holding the tear film against the cornea more tightly than the upper and lower eyelids alone.

The third eyelid is also believed to help keep the surface of the eye moister by holding the tear film against the cornea better than the eyelids do by themselves.