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tubule
a small tube
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salpinx
a tube in the uterus or the ear
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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
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vas, vessel
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
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microtubule
a microscopically small tubule
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nephron, uriniferous tubule
any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
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uveoscleral pathway
a tubule that drains excess aqueous humor
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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
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blood vessel
a vessel in which blood circulates
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Fallopian tube, oviduct, uterine tube
either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
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seminiferous tubule
any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature
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vasa efferentia
the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis
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trachea
one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids