Natsume's route took us through an area of torn and used-up webbing next, finally over a narrow band of thicker secretion and then we were clear.

Often, elephants in musth discharge a thick tar-like secretion called temporin from the temporal ducts on the sides of the head.

Pseudoliths, sometimes referred to as sludge, are thick secretions that may be present within the gallbladder, either alone or in conjunction with fully formed gallstones.

It affects many body systems by producing abnormally thick secretions that can obstruct the pancreas, intestines, bile ducts, and air passages in the lungs.

The thick secretions from the seminal vesicles contain proteins, enzymes, fructose, mucus, vitamin C, flavins, phosphorylcholine and prostaglandins.

As a result, thick secretions build up in the lung and elsewhere, and patients eventually die of lung disease.

The respiratory tract would dry out, and the thick secretions that would result could plug the lungs and cause death.

The thick secretions that collect here in the clitoris are called smegma.

It is characterised by abnormal transport of chloride and sodium across an epithelium, leading to thick, viscous secretions.

The thick secretions clog the airways in the lungs, which often cause inflammation and severe lung infections.