Sentence examples for mucus could be from inspiring English sources

Well, because a mussel isn't easily shucked — Mr. Quain joked that he'd probably break 100 just to get one or two right — and because uncooked mussel meat has a texture like sinewy mucus, if mucus could be sinewy.

In these cells, the cilia eventually began to beat in a synchronized fashion, like palm fronds swaying back and forth in the wind, showing how bacteria and mucus could be moved from the airways.

So the effect of oMWCNTs on the secretion of gastric mucus could be investigated by detecting pH changes in stomach [17].

During mechanical ventilation, mucus could be displaced toward the lungs, driven by the inspiratory flow, via a two-phase gas-liquid flow mechanism [1].

Great example: When we started work on this issue she told us she wanted to determine whether or not cervical mucus could be cooked and eaten like eggs.

To further determine the plausibility of a coating mechanism, the affinity of pica substances for binding with mucus could be tested.

Additional analysis of the less inflamed IL-10−/− mice revealed a thicker mucus layer than wild-type, but the properties were different, as the inner mucus layer could be penetrated both by bacteria in vivo and by fluorescent beads the size of bacteria ex vivo.

Assuming that the inner mucus layer of the colon is vitally important for colon barrier function, a thinner mucus layer could be associated with inflammation.

At 24 h the inner mucus layer had almost disappeared and at 120 h it was totally dissolved and no normal mucus organization could be observed.

Third, mucus overproduction could be controlled or reduced as recently shown using a cPLA2α inhibitor [28].

Improved mucus protection could be instrumental for maintenance of UC remission.