any funnel-shaped part, esp the stalk connecting the pituitary gland to the base of the brain
Derived forms
infundibulate (ˌinfunˈdibulate)
adjective
Word origin
C18: from Latin: funnel, from infundere to infuse
Examples of 'infundibula' in a sentence
infundibula
Microscopiacally, there were hyperkeratosis, spongiosis, intracorneal and sucornealpustules affecting the epidermis and follicular infundibula.
Juliana Targino Silva Almeida Macêdo, Franklin Riet-Correa, Antônio Flávio MedeirosDantas, Sara Vilar Dantas Simões 2008, 'Pênfigo foliáceo em cabra Boer Pemphigus foliaceous in a Boer goat', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782008000900038. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Similar changes were seen in keratotic plugs of dilated follicular infundibula.
Joshi R, Taneja A 2008, 'Granular parakeratosis presenting with facial keratotic papules', Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprologyhttp://www.ijdvl.com/article.asp?issn=0378-6323;year=2008;volume=74;issue=1;spage=53;epage=55;aulast=Joshi. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)