alimentary tube

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• Tube — A long hollow cylinder. There are many tube like structures in the human body, such as the auditory tube (Eustachian tube) in the ear. * * * 1. A hollow cylindrical structure or canal. 2. A hollow cylinder or pipe. SYN: tuba [TA]. [L. tubus]… …   Medical dictionary

• alimentary canal — al|i|men|ta|ry ca|nal [ˌælımentəri kəˈnæl] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: alimentary 1500 1600 Latin alimentarius, from alimentum food , from alere to feed ] the tube in your body that takes food through your body from your mouth to your ↑anus …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• alimentary canal — noun tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination • Syn: ↑alimentary tract, ↑digestive tube, ↑digestive tract, ↑gastrointestinal tract, ↑GI tract • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

• alimentary tract — noun tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination • Syn: ↑alimentary canal, ↑digestive tube, ↑digestive tract, ↑gastrointestinal tract, ↑GI tract • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

• alimentary tract — The food tube traversing the body from mouth to anus; generally divided into three main regions: the ectodermal foregut or stomodeum, the endodermal midgut or mesenteron and the ectodermal hindgut or proctodeum …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• alimentary canal — al|i|men|ta|ry ca|nal [ ælı,mentəri kə næl ] noun count the long tube in your body that carries food from your mouth through your stomach to your ANUS …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• alimentary canal — noun (C) the tube in your body that takes food through your body from your mouth to your anus …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Visceral tube — Visceral Vis cer*al, a. [Cf. F. visc[ e]ral, LL. visceralis.] 1. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or affecting the viscera; splanchnic. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Having deep sensibility. [R.] Bp. Reynolds. [1913 Webster] 3. proceeding from emotion or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stomach tube — Stomach Stom ach, n. [OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus, fr. Gr. sto machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto ma a mouth, any outlet or entrance.] 1. (Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• digestive tube — noun tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination • Syn: ↑alimentary canal, ↑alimentary tract, ↑digestive tract, ↑gastrointestinal tract, ↑GI tract • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

• malpighian tube — noun see malpighian tubule * * * one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods. Also called Malpighian tubule, Malpighian vessel. * * * Malpighian tube, Malpighian …   Useful english dictionary