• Question: Which organ is fragile?

    Asked by yooda to Bob, Katie, Nisha, Sallie, Vee on 27 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Sallie Baxendale

      Sallie Baxendale answered on 27 Jun 2012:

      They are all quite fragile but very well protected by your skeleton. The skull is a fantastically strong , hard case for your brain and it can take quite a few knocks without damaging the vital organ inside at all.

    • Photo: Bob Bonwick

      Bob Bonwick answered on 27 Jun 2012:

      We are in comparison very fragile. Some organs are damaged by sound, the ears for example, also the kidney, during the Crimean war, it was noted that people who were too close to a canon blast not only died of horrible burns and blood loss but also their kidneys shattered in the concussive blast.

    • Photo: Vee Mitchell

      Vee Mitchell answered on 3 Jul 2012:

      They are all pretty fragile which is why they are all protected by your skeleton.

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