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INFUNDIBULUM [3 records]

Record 1 2021-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Birds
DEF

The dilated upper extremity of the oviduct of a bird.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Oiseaux
CONT

L'infundibulum. Également appelé pavillon, il est situé dans la partie haute de l'oviducte. En forme d'entonnoir et ouvert à son extrémité la plus large, il capte l'ovocyte au moment de l'ovulation. [...] L'infundibulum est le lieu de la fécondation de l'ovocyte chez les oiseaux.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
DEF

Any of various funnel-shaped organs or parts as (a) the hollow conical process of gray matter by which the pituitary gland is continuous with the brain (b) the calyx of a kidney (c) the abdominal opening of a fallopian tube.

OBS

infundibulum: The plural form is "infundibula."

Key term(s)
  • infundibula

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
DEF

Partie terminale en forme de cône ou d'entonnoir d'un conduit ou d'un canal naturel chez l'homme ou chez l'animal.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart
DEF

The left or anterior portion of the cavity of the right ventricle of the heart, which terminates in the pulmonary artery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur
CONT

La région antéro-supérieure du ventricule droit émet en haut un diverticule en forme d'entonnoir, dont le sommet tronqué [...] est occupé par l'orifice pulmonaire. Ce diverticule est appelé infundibulum ou cône artériel.

Spanish

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