Sentences with phrase «small organs called»

Small organs called lymph nodes are found throughout the body and help to filter out harmful particles and cells.

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Mice with mutations in what is called the nude gene don't fully develop the thymus, a small organ in the chest cavity that plays a key role in the maturation of infection - fighting T cells.

That a finger can distinguish the texture of satin from suede is an exquisite sensory discrimination largely relying on small sensory organs in the fingertips called Merkel discs.

Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center now have identified a route by which fat also can deliver a form of small RNAs called microRNAs that helps to regulate other organs.

Drosophila has two true wings that develop from imaginal discs of 50,000 cells and two smaller balancing organs called halteres that form from imaginal discs of 10,000 cells.

Positron emission tomography (PET) uses small amounts of radioactive materials called radiotracers, a special camera and a computer to help evaluate your organ and tissue functions.

The pancreas is a relatively small, yet vital organ that lies along the base of the stomach and the upper portion of the small intestine called the duodenum.

Antoni explains how this body of work was inspired by small religious votive charms called milagros («miracles»), which often take the shape of an ailing area of the body, such as a limb or organ.