| NOUN | body | tube-shaped structure, tube | (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure |
|---|
| Meaning | (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | tube | |
| Category | anatomy, general anatomy | The branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Spanish | estructura vasiforme, tubo | |
| Catalan | estructura tubular, tub | |
©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact
English |
Spanish |
Catalan
Privacy |
Robots