tube-shaped structure

Definitions of tube-shaped structure

1. noun

   (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
   synonyms: tube

   types:

   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

   microtubule

   a microscopically small tubule

   nephron, uriniferous tubule

   any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney

   uveoscleral pathway

   a tubule that drains excess aqueous humor

   Eustachian tube, auditory tube

   either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum

   blood vessel

   a vessel in which blood circulates

   Fallopian tube, oviduct, uterine tube

   either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus

   seminiferous tubule

   any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature

   vasa efferentia

   the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis

   trachea

   one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids

   type of:

   anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure

   a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing