infundibulate

in·fun·dib·u·lum   (ĭn'fən-dĭb'yə-ləm)    n.   pl. in·fun·dib·u·la (-lə) Any of various funnel-shaped bodily passages, openings, structures, or parts, especially: a. The stalk of the pituitary gland. [Latin, funnel, from īnfundere, to pour in; see infuse.] in'fun·dib'u·lar (-lər), in'fun·dib'u·late' (-lāt', -lĭt) adj.

Main Entry: in·fun·dib·u·lum
Pronunciation: "in-(")f&n-'dib-y&-l&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural in·fun·dib·u·la /-l&/
: any of various conical or dilated organs or parts: a : the hollow conical process of gray matterthat is borne on the tuber cinereum and constitutes the stalk of the neurohypophysis by which the pituitary gland is continuous with the brain called also neural stalk b : anyof the small spaces having walls beset with air sacs in which the bronchial tubes terminate in the lungs c : CONUSARTERIOSUS d : the passage by which the anterior ethmoidal air cells and the frontal sinuses communicate with the nose e : the abdominal opening of afallopian tube

infundibulum in·fun·dib·u·lum (ĭn'fən-dĭb'yə-ləm)
n. pl. in·fun·dib·u·la (-lə)

1. A funnel or funnel-shaped structure or passage.

2. The infundibulum of the fallopian tube.

3. The expanding portion of a calix as it opens into the pelvis of the kidney.

4. See conus arteriosus.

5. A termination of a bronchiole in the alveolus.

6. Termination of the cochlear canal beneath the cupola.

7. The funnel-shaped, unpaired prominence of the base of the hypothalamus behind the optic chiasm, continuous below with the stalk of the pituitary gland.

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in'fun·dib'u·lar (-lər) or in'fun·dib'u·late' (-lāt', -lĭt) adj.