Sentences with phrase «of hollow organs»
Smooth muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs like your intestines and stomach.
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One of the most severe pains a human being can endure is the sudden distension of a hollow organ.
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It seems that Qaddafi's most lasting legacy was the further hollowing out of a state that was never quite so solid to begin with — filling it with the vital organs of a healthy state and strong ligaments to bind the Libyan people together will be an enormous challenge, but a not insurmountable one.
New research on howler species has revealed an evolutionary «trade - off» between investments in the size of the male hyoid — the bulbous, hollow throat bone that allows the howlers» guttural roar to resonate — and in the size of reproductive organs, namely the testes.
«We generate a pattern of an organ that we want, creating a 3D hollowed - out structure, stick it on a piece of glass, then we can introduce a lot of different cell types,» Gillrie says.
Each Organ - Chip, which is composed of a clear flexible polymer, is about the size of a AA battery and contains tiny hollow channels lined with living cells.
Each of Emulate's proprietary Organ - Chips — such as the lung, liver, brain, intestine or kidney — contains tiny hollow channels lined with tens of thousands of living human cells and tissues, and is approximately the size of an AA battery.
Three - dimensional «organoids» are an improvement, but these hollow balls are made of a mishmash of cells that doesn't accurately mimic the structure and function of the real organ.
My husband, Richard, spent ten years in and out of the hospital with complications from vascular Ehlers - Danlos syndrome, a rare and life - threatening connective tissue disease that causes spontaneous ruptures of arteries and hollow organs.