| auditory canal | The passage leading inward through the tympanic portion of the temporal bone, from the auricle to the tympanic membrane; it consists of a bony (inner) portion and a fibrocartilaginous (outer) portion, the cartilaginous external acoustic meatus. Synonym: meatus acusticus externus, acoustic meatus, antrum auris, auditory canal, external auditory meatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| A-V canal | The canal in the embryonic heart leading from the common sinuatrial chamber to the ventricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basipharyngeal canal | An opening between the vaginal process of the sphenoid and the ala of the vomer on either side. It conveys a branch of the sphenopalatine artery. Synonym: canalis vomerovaginalis, basipharyngeal canal, vomerine canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bernard's canal | The excretory duct of the head of the pancreas, one branch of which joins the pancreatic duct, the other opening independently into the duodenum at the lesser duodenal papilla. Synonym: ductus pancreaticus accessorius, Bernard's canal, Bernard's duct, ductus dorsopancreaticus, Santorini's canal, Santorini's duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bichat's canal | <anatomy, vein> An expansion of the subarachnoid space extending forward between the corpus callosum and the thalamus; it encloses the internal cerebral veins which caudally join to form the vena magna cerebri (Galen's vein). Synonym: ambient cistern, Bichat's canal, Bichat's foramen, cistern of great vein of cerebrum, cisterna ambiens, cisterna superioris, cisterna venae magnae cerebri, superior cistern. (05 Mar 2000) |
| birth canal | Cavity of the uterus and vagina through which the foetus passes. Synonym: parturient canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blastoporic canal | An obsolete term for primitive pit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bottcher's canal | A duct that connects the inner aspect of the utricle with the endolymphatic duct a short distance from its origin from the saccule. Synonym: ductus utriculosaccularis, Bottcher's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Braune's canal | The parturient canal formed by the uterine cavity, dilated cervix, vagina, and vulva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canal | A duct or channel; a tubular structure. A canal or channel. See: canal, duct. Synonym: canalis. Origin: L. Canalis (05 Mar 2000) |
| canal of Guyon | Passageway through the transverse carpal ligament by which the ulnar nerve and artery enter the palm; it is closely related to the pisiform and the hook of the hamate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canal of Hering | A ductule occurring between a bile canaliculus and an interlobular bile duct. Synonym: canal of Hering. Origin: chol-+ G. Angeion, vessel, + -ole, small (05 Mar 2000) |
| canal of Hovius | An anastomotic circle between the anterior twigs of the venae vorticosae in the eyes of some animals, but not in normal human eyes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canal of Nuck | A peritoneal diverticulum in the embryonic lower anterior abdominal wall that traverses the inguinal canal; in the male it forms the tunica vaginalis testis and normally loses its connection with the peritoneal cavity; a persistent processus vaginalis in the female is known as the canal of Nuck. Synonym: Nuck's diverticulum, processus vaginalis peritonei, vaginal process of peritoneum, vaginal process of testis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatovaginal canal | On the undersurface of the vaginal process of the sphenoid bone, a furrow that is converted into a canal by the sphenoidal process of the palatine bone; it transmits the pharyngeal branch of the maxillary artery and the pharyngeal nerve from the pterygopalatine ganglion. Synonym: canalis palatovaginalis, palatovaginal canal. (05 Mar 2000) |