Phrase Hound found 38 phrases and 3 compound words that contain canals. The most common are listed below. Open canals in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 38
- ear canalsplural of ear canal: The tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum through which sound enters.
- root canalsplural of root canal: The hollow part of the root of a tooth, containing the nerve and blood vessels.
- spinal canalsplural of spinal canal: The canal which runs down through the vertebrae and contains the spinal cord and spinal meninges.
- femoral canalsplural of femoral canal: The medial and smallest compartment, conical in shape, of the three compartments of the femoral sheath.
- incisive canalsplural of incisive canal: A narrow branched passage that extends from the floor of the nasal cavity to the incisive fossa and transmits the nasopalatine nerve and a branch of the greater palatine artery.
- mandibular canalsplural of mandibular canal: A bony canal within the mandible that gives passage to blood vessels and nerves supplying the lower teeth.
- inguinal canalsplural of inguinal canal: One of the two passages in the anterior abdominal wall which conveys the spermatic cord in male bodies and the round ligament in female bodies.
- alimentary canalsplural of alimentary canal: The organs of a human or other animal through which food passes; the digestive tract.
- semicircular canalsplural of semicircular canal: 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 …
- canals of Heringplural of canal of Hering: Any of the intrahepatic bile ductules, part of the outflow system of exocrine bile product from the liver.
- hypoglossal canalsplural of hypoglossal canal: One of a pair of foramina located in the occipital bone to the front and side of the foramen magnum.
- pterygoid canalsplural of pterygoid canal: An anteroposterior canal in the base of each medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the Vidian artery and the Vidian nerve.
- Haversian canalsplural of Haversian canal: A hollow channel in the center of an osteon, running parallel to the length of a bone.
- hyaloid canalsplural of hyaloid canal: The remnant of the hyaloid artery in adults, which was used during fetal development to provide nutrients to the retina
- Schlemm's canalsplural of Schlemm's canal: a circular channel in the eye that collects aqueous humour from the anterior chamber and delivers it into the bloodstream; if it is blocked, a glaucoma results
- auditory canalsplural of auditory canal: The ear canal.
- birth canalsplural of birth canal: The combined vagina and cervix, when the cervix dilates during birth to form a continuous tube with the vagina.
- central canalsplural of central canal: A minute canal running through the gray matter of the whole length of the spinal cord and continuous anteriorly with the ventricles of the brain.
- cervical canalsplural of cervical canal: A spindle-shaped, flattened canal of the cervix (the neck of the uterus), communicating with the uterine cavity and the vagina.
- cloud canalsplural of cloud canal: A large gap, usually circular or elliptical, that can appear in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds as a result of the Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen process.
- food canalsplural of food canal: The organs of a human or other animal through which food passes; the digestive tract.
- love canalsplural of love canal: birth canal
- neural canalsplural of neural canal: a canal located at the dorsal side of the centrum formed by neural arches of vertebrae. Houses the spinal cord.
- radial canalsplural of radial canal: any of the numerous minute canals lined with choanocytes which radiate from the paragastric cavity in some sponges and end just below the surface of the sponge
- ship canalsplural of ship canal: A canal designed for use by ships
Compound words 3
- canalsidesplural of canalside: The bank of a canal.
- minicanalsplural of minicanal: A small canal
- nanocanalsplural of nanocanal: A nanosized canal (in a biological structure, or constructed from nanoparticles)