Sentence examples for sticky secretion from inspiring English sources

These cells produce a sticky secretion, to which prey organisms adhere on contact.

These rodlike structures arise from the mandibular arch, contain nerves and capillaries, and produce a sticky secretion.

In the visual analog scale scoring, the most pronounced improvements were seen in nasal congestion, sticky secretion, and runny nose at 3 and 12 months (P < 0.01).

The bracket nests are fastened to vertical surfaces with a sticky secretion from the large salivary glands; in the swiftlet genus Collocalia, this substance may comprise most or all of the nest material itself.

Further, in both species, these bony spines pierce the skin in areas that have a lot of granular glands (Figures 3A 3D, 4C, and 4D): As first author, Carlos Jared, a herpetologist at the Instituto Butantan in Brazil, discovered first-hand whilst collecting C. greeningi for research, when restrained, the struggling frogs release a sticky secretion onto their skins.

A similar mechanism has been described in aphids, which produce a sticky secretion causing the defending aphid to adhere to the predator, thereby immobilizing it (Uematsu et al. 2010).

Across a broad swath of the Middle East and Asia, our ancestors tapped, dried, boiled, and consumed the poppy pod's sticky secretions.

Those with cystic fibrosis have glands that produce abnormally thick, sticky secretions that clog up the ducts and passageways, allowing bacteria to colonize and breed.

There is no foolproof method for preventing biofilm formation; once they're established, biofilms are difficult to eradicate because traditional antibiotics can't get through the films' sticky secretions to kill the individual bacteria.

However, not only are the origin and composition of these "sticky" secretions far from being fully characterized, the number and morphology of the mucus glands involved is also uncertain.

Surface tension and sticky secretions from microbes keep tiny particles within this layer.