infundibulum (in-fun-dib'u-lum)

Syn.: funiculus tuber is. A tubular pa age more or le resembling a funnel, i. cerebri. A hollow proce that forms the continuation of the tuber cinereum and terminates in the pituitary body. i. cochleae. An imperfect funnel around which the gyri of the cochlea pa . i. of the ethmoid hone. A long, flexuous cellular canal, which pa es from the frontal sinus through the anterior ethmoidal cells to the front part of the middle meatus of the nose, in fund i hula of the kidney. The three prolongations of the pelvis of the kidney, the subdivisions of which constitute the calices. infundibula of the lungs. The extreme enlarged ends of the bronchioles, i. tuhae Fallopii. The funnel-shaped cavity formed by the of the oviduct. [Lat., infundibulum, funnel, from in, into, + funder e, to pour.]