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infundibular /in·fun·dib·u·lar/ (in″fun-dib´u-lar) 1. pertaining to an infundibulum. 2. funnel-shaped. infundibular pertaining to any of the body's infundibula. See also infundibulum. infundibular cyst see epidermal cyst. infundibular necrosis tooth necrosis, commencing in the tooth infundibulum, common in old horses. infundibular process the central part of the posterior pituitary gland; called also pars nervosa. infundibular recess the diverticulum off the third ventricle that occupies the infundibulum of the hypophysis. infundibular stalk the stalk of the hypophysis; with the pars tuberalis comprises the hypophyseal base. infundibular stenosis narrowing of the pulmonary artery just below the pulmonic valves; the stenosis is produced by a ring of connective tissue around the outflow tract of the right ventricle. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Hollinshead, in his authoritative and widely read text of surgical anatomy of the head and neck, divides the anterior ethmoid cells into three groups: 1) the frontal recess cells, which open into the frontal recess of the middle meatus, 2) the infundibular cells, which open into the ethmoid infundibulum, and 3) the bullar (middle ethmoid) cells, which open directly into the middle meatus, either on or above the ethmoid bulla. |
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