infundibul-, infundibulo-, infundibuli- +
(Latin: funnel; literally, "the [little] thing into which something is poured"; a funnel-shaped organ of the body)
infundibular
1. Resembling a funnel.
2. Pertaining to an infundibulum.
2. Pertaining to an infundibulum.
infundibular canal
A pathway from the mantle cavity through the funnel for water in cephalopods.
infundibular ganglion
A branch of pedal ganglion which supplies the funnel in cephalopods.
infundibulate
Having the form of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum.
infundibulectomy
Surgical excision of the infundibulum of any bodily structure or organ; especially, the heart.
infundibuliform
Funnel-shaped.
infundibulin
A 20% solution of an extract of the posterior lobe of the hypophysis cerebri (an unpaired compound gland suspended from the base of the hypothalamus by a short extension of the infundibulum, the infundibular or pituitary stalk).
infundibuloma
A tumor of the infundibulum of the pituitary.
infundibulo-ovarian
Relating to the fimbriatd extremity of a uterine tube and the ovary.
infundibulopelvic
1. Concerning the infundibulum (funnel-shaped or dilated organ) and the pelvis of a bodily organ; especially, the kidney.
2. Relating to any two structures called infundibulum and pelvis: such as, the expanded portion of a calyx and the pelvis of the kidney, or the fimbriated extremity of the uterine tube and the pelvis.
2. Relating to any two structures called infundibulum and pelvis: such as, the expanded portion of a calyx and the pelvis of the kidney, or the fimbriated extremity of the uterine tube and the pelvis.
infundibulum (s), infundibula (pl)
1. A funnel-shaped opening, passage, or structure in vertebrates; such as, the stalk connecting the pituitary gland to the brain or the opening of a fallopian tube into the ovary.
2. A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; such as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.
3. The cone like upper anterior angle at the right cardiac ventricle from which the pulmonary artery arises.
2. A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; such as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.
3. The cone like upper anterior angle at the right cardiac ventricle from which the pulmonary artery arises.
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