INFUNDIBULUM (infundibula)

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Irregular inflected form: infundibula   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does infundibulum mean? 

• INFUNDIBULUM (noun)
  The noun INFUNDIBULUM has 1 sense:

1. any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk)

  Familiarity information: INFUNDIBULUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFUNDIBULUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("infundibulum" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "infundibulum"):

hypophyseal stalk (the funnel-shaped stalk connecting the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus)

Holonyms ("infundibulum" is a part of...):

betweenbrain; diencephalon; interbrain; thalmencephalon (the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon)

 Context examples 

Stenosis of the conus arteriosus (infundibulum) with or without involvement of the pulmonary valve.

(Congenital Infundibular Stenosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A generally benign intrasellar and/or suprasellar mass arising from the neurohypophysis or infundibulum.

(Granular Cell Tumor of the Neurohypophysis, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

An extremely rare, WHO grade I, circumscribed and slow-growing tumor that arises from the neurohypophysis or infundibulum and described in adults.

(Pituicytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

They extend from the horn of the uterus to the ovaries and consist of an ampulla, an infundibulum, an isthmus, two ostia, and a pars uterina.

(Murine Fallopian Tube, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The infundibulum is open to the third ventricle to allow for the release of antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin.

(Brain Infundibulum, NCI Thesaurus)