(zoology, dated) A tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function.

One of the two passages in the anterior abdominal wall which in men convey the spermatic cord and in women the round ligament.

plural of canal of Hering

(anatomy) Any of the intrahepatic bile ductules, part of the outflow system of exocrine bile product from the liver.

plural of semicircular canal

(anatomy) Any of three semicircular interconnected tubes located inside each ear: the horizontal (or lateral) semicircular canal, the superior (or anterior) semicircular canal, and the posterior semicircular canal. They form part of the bony labyrinth.

(slang) birth canal

(anatomy) lacrimal duct

plural of lacrimal canal

Synonym of alimentary canal