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Infundibulum (medicine)


infundibulum


Origin: L, a funnel, from infundere to pour in or into. See Infuse.

1. <anatomy> A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; 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.

2. <zoology> A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads. The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.

Source: Websters Dictionary


pyramidal cell (medicine)


pyramidal cell
<anatomy, neurology> Commonest nerve cells of the cerebral cortex.