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infundibular

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in·fun·dib·u·lum  (nfn-dby-lm)
n. pl. in·fun·dib·u·la (-l)
Any of various funnel-shaped bodily passages, openings, structures, or parts, especially:
a. The stalk of the pituitary gland.
b. The calyx of a kidney.
c. The ovarian opening of a fallopian tube.

[Latin, funnel, from nfundere, to pour in; see infuse.]

infun·dibu·lar (-lr), infun·dibu·late (-lt, -lt) adj.

infundibular [ˌɪnfʌnˈdɪbjʊlə]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) funnel-shaped
[from infundibulum]


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Hollinshead, in his authoritative and widely read text of surgical anatomy of the head and neck, divides the anterior ethmoid cells into three groups: 1) the frontal recess cells, which open into the frontal recess of the middle meatus, 2) the infundibular cells, which open into the ethmoid infundibulum, and 3) the bullar (middle ethmoid) cells, which open directly into the middle meatus, either on or above the ethmoid bulla.
 
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