Meaning | (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure. |
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Synonym | tube |
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Category | anatomy, general anatomy | The branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
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Narrower | 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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salpinx | A tube in the uterus or the ear |
tubule | A small tube |
vessel, vas | A tube in which a body fluid circulates |
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 | estructura vasiforme, tubo |
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Catalan | estructura tubular, tub |
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