English > passageway: 2 senses > noun 2, body| Meaning | A path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass. |
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| Synonym | passage |
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| Narrower | birth canal | A passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth |
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| carpal tunnel | A passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the flexor muscles of the hands pass |
| duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel | A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance |
| epicardia | The short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach |
| esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gullet | The passage between the pharynx and the stomach |
| fauces | The passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx |
| fistula, sinus | An abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface |
| meatus | A natural body passageway |
| orifice, opening, porta | An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity |
| root canal | The passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity |
| shunt | A passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another |
| sinusoid | tiny endothelium-lined passages for blood in the tissue of an organ |
| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
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| Spanish | conducto |
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| Catalan | conducte |
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