Caledonian Canal | a canal in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, runs diagonally between Moray Firth at the northeastern end and Loch Linnhe at the southwestern end, now little used |
Caloosahatchee Canal | a canal that connects Lake Okeechobee with the Caloosahatchee River in southern Florida to form part of the Cross-Florida Waterway |
canal | long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation |
canal boat narrow boat narrowboat | a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals |
Gota Canal | a canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden |
Panama Canal | a ship canalmiles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (-) |
ship canal shipway | a canal large enough for seagoing vessels |
birth canal | a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth |
auditory meatus acoustic meatus ear canal auditory canal external auditory canal | either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane |
spinal canal vertebral canal canalis vertebralis | the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes |
duct epithelial duct canal channel | a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance, the tear duct was obstructed, the alimentary canal, poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs |
canal of Schlemm Schlemm's canal sinus venosus sclerae | a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins |
auditory ossicle | ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear |
auditory system | the sensory system for hearing |
auditory apparatus | all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears |
root canal | the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity |
semicircular canal | one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another, concerned with equilibrium |
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 |
labyrinthine artery artery of the labyrinth internal auditory artery | an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth |
labyrinthine vein internal auditory vein | veins that drain the inner ear |
Haversian canal | any of the many tiny canals that contain blood vessels and connective tissue and that form a network in bone |
inguinal canal canalis inguinalis | oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall, in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord, in females it transmits the round ligament of the uterus |
auditory center | the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve |
acoustic nerve auditory nerve vestibulocochlear nerve nervus vestibulocochlearis eighth cranial nerve | a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea |
auditory area auditory cortex | the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body |
cervical canal canalis cervicis uteri | a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina |
alimentary canal alimentary tract digestive tube digestive tract gastrointestinal tract GI tract | tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about . meters from mouth to anus, functions in digestion and elimination |
hearing audition auditory sense sense of hearing auditory modality | the ability to hear, the auditory faculty, his hearing was impaired |
auditory perception sound perception | the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon |
sound auditory sensation | the subjective sensation of hearing something, he strained to hear the faint sounds |
auditory image | a mental image that is similar to an auditory perception |
auditory communication | communication that relies on hearing |
Grand Canal | an inland waterway miles long in eastern China, extends from Tianjin in the north to Hangzhou in the south |
Panama Canal Zone Canal Zone | a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal |
Grand Canal | the major waterway in Venice, Italy |
Suez Canal | a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea |
Cape Cod Canal | a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay |
Erie Canal | an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo, built in the th century, now part of the New York State Barge Canal |
New York State Barge Canal | a system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain |
canal | (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels, they are now believed to be an optical illusion |
auditory aphasia acoustic aphasia word deafness | an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss |
auditory agnosia | inability to recognize or understand the meaning of spoken words |
auditory hallucination acousma | illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds |
hyperacusis hyperacusia auditory hyperesthesia | abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism, characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels |
canal canalize canalise | provide (a city) with a canal |
auditory audile auditive | of or relating to the process of hearing, auditory processing, an audile person |