air passage air duct airway | a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines) |
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 |
duct | an enclosed conduit for a fluid |
duct tape | a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses, duct tape holds the world together |
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 |
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 |
exocrine gland exocrine duct gland | a gland that secretes externally through a duct |
sweat duct | a small duct that conveys sweat from a sudoriferous gland to the surface of the skin |
lacrimal duct lachrymal duct tear duct | any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands |
nasolacrimal duct | a duct that carries tears from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity |
Haversian canal | any of the many tiny canals that contain blood vessels and connective tissue and that form a network in bone |
hepatic duct | the duct that drains bile from the liver |
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 |
common bile duct bile duct | a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts, opens into the duodenum |
pancreatic duct | a duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine |
thoracic duct | the major duct of the lymphatic system |
salivary duct | a duct through which saliva passes from the salivary gland into the mouth |
cervical canal canalis cervicis uteri | a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina |
seminal duct | the efferent duct of the testis in man |
ejaculatory duct | a part of the seminal duct formed by the duct from the seminal vesicle and the vas deferens, passes through the prostate gland |
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 |
lactiferous duct | ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple |
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 |
duct | a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls |
canal canalize canalise | provide (a city) with a canal |