Regular exposure to stomach acids can damage and inflame the delicate lining of the esophagus.

This stretching can injure the endothelium, the delicate lining of all arteries.

The interstitium is the microscopically thin, delicate lining between the lungs' air sacs (alveoli).

The force of this blood can damage the delicate inner lining of the artery walls.

The walls of the hollow cochlea are made of bone, with a thin, delicate lining of epithelial tissue.

Vast areas of the delicate mucosal lining of the fallopian tubes had been destroyed by the immunological reaction.

In doing so, they release a toxic protein that irritates the delicate lining of the sinuses, making them susceptible to bacterial infections.

Emphysema results when the delicate linings of the air sacs in the lungs become irreversibly damaged.

Infections also can release poisons called endotoxins, which attack the endothelium, the delicate inner lining of blood vessels.