epithelial duct
Noun
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A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance (synset 105258141)
"the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"is a type of: passage, passageway - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may passsubtypes:
- pore - any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
- canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, vertebral canal - the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes
- ductule, ductulus - a very small duct
- canaliculus - a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants
- canal of schlemm, schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae - a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins
- sinus, venous sinus - a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel
- lachrymal duct, lacrimal duct, tear duct - any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands
- nasolacrimal duct - a duct that carries tears from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity
- haversian canal - any of the many tiny canals that contain blood vessels and connective tissue and that form a network in bone
- hepatic duct - the duct that drains bile from the liver
- canalis inguinalis, inguinal canal - oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall; in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord; in females it transmits the round ligament of the uterus
- bile duct, common bile duct - a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum
- pancreatic duct - a duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine
- lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel - a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation
- salivary duct - a duct through which saliva passes from the salivary gland into the mouth
- aqueductus cerebri, cerebral aqueduct, sylvian aqueduct - a canal connecting the third and fourth ventricles
- ureter - either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
- urethra - duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct
- canalis cervicis uteri, cervical canal - a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina
- umbilical, umbilical cord - membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
- vagina - the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
- epididymis - a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens
- ductus deferens, vas deferens - a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct
- seminal duct - the efferent duct of the testis in man
- ejaculatory duct - a part of the seminal duct formed by the duct from the seminal vesicle and the vas deferens; passes through the prostate gland
- cartilaginous tube - a duct with cartilaginous walls
- bronchiole - any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli
- alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, gi tract - tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
- lactiferous duct - ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple
has: ampulla - the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear
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