tube-shaped structure

Noun
  1. (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure (synset 105253854)
    referred to in: anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
    is a type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
    subtypes:
    • tubule - a small tube
    • salpinx - a tube in the uterus or the ear
    • 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
    • vas, vessel - a tube in which a body fluid circulates
    same as: tube

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