The phrase "a thick portion of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a substantial or significant amount of something, often in a physical or metaphorical sense.
Example: "She spread a thick portion of butter on her toast, making it rich and flavorful."
Alternatives: "a large amount of" or "a substantial piece of".
Nucleus of a non-deformable cell when observed from above, was round or oval (top view) and from side (cross section) a thick portion of the nuclear material sat on top of the pillar.
So it seemed fortuitous when, 5 years later, Charles Dawson, a professional lawyer and amateur fossil hunter in Sussex, U.K. (now East Sussex, U.K ., wrote to his friend, paleontologist Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, announcing that he had uncovered a "thick portion of a human skull which will rival H. heidelbergensis in solidity" near the Sussex village of Piltdown.
In the scans showing the anatomic context around the odontocete TPC (Figure 5), the dorsal branch of the MFB fills the bony funnel and is in contact with all of its bony components, including the thinnest patches of the tympanic bone and a thick portion of the dense periotic bone, specifically the parabullary ridge of the periotic.
Microstructural analysis of single compaction bands highlights the presence of two typical portions, a thin portion and a thick portion.
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This would ensure that enough of the thick portion of the nail remained in the distal femur at completion of lengthening.
The graft was shaped and placed with the thick portion of the iliac crest at the periphery representing the medial or lateral column and the thin portion centrally toward the thin area of distal humerus where olecranon and coronoid fossae meet (Fig. 5).
The exclusive expression of uromodulin in the thick portion of the ascending limb, where physiologically crucial mechanisms of sodium handling are located, and its potential to act as modulator of other salt transport systems located downstream, suggests that alterations of this protein might affect hypertension and renal sodium handling through an effect on sodium homeostasis.
Zuber noted that the measurements only look at a micron-thick portion of Shackleton Crater's uppermost layer.
Use a sharp knife to remove leaves and thick portions of the main stalk.
But it's this moment when vet Jacob Singer is gurnied into a psych ward filled with naked middle-aged folks above caged ceilings with thick portions of human flesh scattered around that hits an uncomfortable peak.
