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tube-shaped structure

DEFINITIONS OF: tube-shaped structure

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n (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure

Synonyms:
tube
Types:
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tubule
a small tube
salpinx
a tube in the uterus or the ear
cochlea
the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti
vas, vessel
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
microtubule
a microscopically small tubule
nephron, uriniferous tubule
any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
uveoscleral pathway
a tubule that drains excess aqueous humor
Eustachian tube, auditory tube
either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum
blood vessel
a vessel in which blood circulates
Fallopian tube, oviduct, uterine tube
either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
seminiferous tubule
any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature
vasa efferentia
the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis
trachea
one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids
Type of:
anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
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