Word Meaning

Meaning of infundibulum

- A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.
- A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads.
- The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.