Definitions for infundibulum

infundibulum in·fun·dib·u·lum

Spelling: [in-fuhn-dib-yuh-luh m]
IPA: /ˌɪn fʌnˈdɪb yə ləm/

Infundibulum is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 28 points.

You can make 208 anagrams from letters in infundibulum (bdfiilmnnuuu).

Definitions for infundibulum

noun

  1. a funnel-shaped organ or part.
  2. a funnel-shaped extension of the hypothalamus connecting the pituitary gland to the base of the brain.
  3. a space in the right ventricle at the base of the pulmonary artery.

Origin of infundibulum

1700-10; New Latin, Latin: funnel, equivalent to infundi- (stem of infundere to pour into; see in-2, found3) + -bulum in

Examples for infundibulum

This plate reaches forward below the third cerebral vesicle as far as the infundibulum.

Along the sides of the infundibulum run the commissural fibres connecting the floor of the mid-brain with the cerebrum.

It may be identified with the infundibulum, pituitary body, and cella turcica.

The notochord (ch) is continued forwards in the head to the hinder border of the infundibulum.

The infundibulum is broad, as depicted in the accompanying cut.

The crusta petrosa is shown to be thicker at the root of the fang, and at the base of the infundibulum, than at other parts.

The lateral trabeculæ are long bars which curve round the infundibulum and reach nearly to the front end of the head.

The floor of the thalamencephalon projects downwards and backwards as the infundibulum.

The anterior edges alone are rendered level; all posterior to the infundibulum being as yet untouched.

The floor is prolonged into an infundibulum (in) which contains a prolongation of the third ventricle.

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