Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy and zoology, same as
canal , 3 and 4.
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Examples
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Langenbeck states that the fascia is constantly protruded as a covering to this hernia: "Quia hernia inguinalis interna non in canalis abdominalis aperturam internam transit, tunicam vaginalem communem intrare nequit; parietem autem canalis abdominalis internum aponeuroticum, in quo fovea inguinalis interna, et qui ex adverso annulo abdominali est, ante se per annulum trudit."
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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One from the middle part forms the ductus and saccus endolymphaticus, another from the anterior end gradually elongates, and, forming a tube coiled on itself, becomes the cochlear duct, the vestibular extremity of which is subsequently constricted to form the canalis reuniens.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. The Organ of Hearing 1918
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It anastomoses with the superficial petrosal branch of the middle meningeal artery by a twig which enters the hiatus canalis facialis.
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The Artery of the Pterygoid Canal (a. canalis pterygoidei; Vidian artery) passes backward along the pterygoid canal with the corresponding nerve.
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The Tensor tympani, the larger, is contained in the bony canal above the osseous portion of the auditory tube, from which it is separated by the septum canalis musculotubarii.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 3. The Auditory Ossicles 1918
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The adductor canal (canalis adductorius; Hunters canal) is an aponeurotic tunnel in the middle third of the thigh, extending from the apex of the femoral triangle to the opening in the Adductor magnus.
VI. The Arteries. 6. The Arteries of the Lower Extremity 1918
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Between the pre - and postsphenoid there are occasionally seen the remains of a canal, the canalis cranio-pharyngeus, through which, in early fetal life, the hypophyseal diverticulum of the buccal ectoderm is transmitted.
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The Inguinal Canal (canalis inguinalis) is described on page 418.
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The saccule opens into the cochlear duct, through the canalis reuniens, and the semicircular ducts communicate with the utricle.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. The Organ of Hearing 1918
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The Inguinal Canal (canalis inguinalis; spermatic canal).
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