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Definition of Infundibula
1. infundibulum [n] - See also: infundibulum
Medical Definition of Infundibula
1. Plural of infundibulum. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infundibula
Literary usage of Infundibula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man by Robert Bentley Todd, William Bowman (1857)
"He insists particularly on the ultimate bronchial ramifications being in shape
like an inverted funnel, and be terms them the infundibula. ..."
2. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1874)
"... calices, and infundibula—Pyramids— Cortex—Columns of Bertin—Pyramidal
substance—Pyramids of Ferrein— Tubes of Bellini—Cortical substance—Malpighian ..."
3. St. Mary's Hospital Gazette by St. Mary's Hospital (London, England) (1898)
"(4) In the lungs of a child who has died a few hours after birth the infundibula
at the periphery are expanded, whilst those near ike centre are still ..."
4. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1835)
"The infundibula are largest at the mammillary processes, and often contract, ...
The membrane lining the pelvis, ureter, and infundibula, and covering the ..."
5. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1830)
"A calculus obstructs the ureter at some distance from the kidney, in consequence
of which the ureter, pelvis, and infundibula are much enlarged, or dilated. ..."