Sentence examples for prone to rupture from inspiring English sources

The fractures are prone to rupture again.

Such plaques are prone to rupture and cause a heart attack.

Mutations in keratin genes can result in blisters when the epithelial cell sheet is weak and prone to rupture.

Inflammatory cells, along with cholesterol and fatty substances form lesions, and these lesions get little rubbery scars that are prone to rupture.

Dr. Smith and other cardiologists say the main problem is that there is no way to figure out who has "vulnerable plaques," those prone to rupture.

The increased levels of proteolytic activity in atheromatous plaques may make these plaques more prone to rupture.

The strain energy in these gentle tectonic zones with a high strain energy density value is relatively high, and the rock mass is prone to rupture.

The fibrous cap of an atherosclerotic plaque may be prone to rupture if the occurring stresses exceed the strength of the cap.

Two former employees of a major manufacturer of silicone breast implants said in sworn depositions in 2003 that the company for years made defective implants that were prone to rupture and hid this information from customers and federal regulators.

The newly formed vessels are prone to rupture leading to vitreous haemorrhage and subsequent fibrosis and retinal detachment.

It is believed that many thyroid pathologies, including adenomas, induce angiogenesis of immature, fragile blood vessels that are prone to rupture [10, 11].