Pulmonary contusion can also be caused by explosions; the organs most vulnerable to blast injuries are those that contain gas, such as the lungs.

An exception would be if the flea was embedded in a particularly vulnerable organ, such as the cornea of the eye, inhaled into the lungs.

That vulnerable organ was more endangered than ever, she realized with aching awareness.

Third hand scrabbling to assail vulnerable organs.

They form a hard, bony, protective cage to protect the vulnerable internal organs from damage.

But the school district said no: a child with only one of a pair of vulnerable organs could not play a contact sport.

Reapers had no vulnerable reproductive organs sharing space with their simple elimination system.

They then ducked their heads, pulled their knees up and rolled over to shield their most vulnerable organs.

Once it insinuated itself into the lymphatic system, however, it would spread to the lymph nodes and other more vulnerable organs.

Then, before a fight, he will bind up that part of the body most thoroughly to contain these vulnerable organs in their hiding-place.