Sentence examples for most sensitive organ from inspiring English sources

A vast and ancient sheet of ice, a glacier is in effect the planet's most sensitive organ, like an aging knee that feels the onset of winter.

BT is number one in broadband; BSkyB wants to be number one and just got kicked in its most sensitive organ.

We proposed to use the tongue since it is the most sensitive organ of the body with the discrimination threshold of one or two milimeters (the tongue has approximately a million nerve fibers) [27].

The middle ear is the primary site that is exposed to the LPNs at their highest concentration, the inner ear is the therapeutic site and the most sensitive organ to hazardous agents, and the external ear canal has the potential to be irritated by outflowing agents from the middle ear cavity.

This organ was chosen as it is the most sensitive organ in the human body, with a discrimination threshold between one and two millimeters.

In insects this is the most sensitive organ to detect substrate vibrations and it was described also in closely related insect groups such as froghoppers (Cercopidae) and bugs (Heteroptera) [36], [42], [43].

So why do we so love to assault one of the most sensitive organs in the human body, the tongue, with what amounts to chemical warfare?

The kidney is one of the most sensitive organs to injury during septic shock.

Testis is one of the most sensitive organs to ionizing radiation.

In the evolution of plants, leaves are the most sensitive organs and the plasticity is the largest to the environment.

One of the most sensitive organs is the brain, which depends on continuous and appropriate blood supply because of its high energy demands and lack of stores for oxygen and/or energy substrates.