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Infundibulum

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Définitions de « infundibulum »

(Anatomie) Structure anatomique creuse et conique.

Le tissu cardiaque était percé d'un infundibulum, véritable cône inversé creusant l'organe comme le cratère d'un volcan.
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Du latin infundibulum, de in… 2, et fundere, verser.

Campylobacter were recovered from all the segments of the reproductive tract except the infundibulum (Table 1). The level of Campylobacter in each segment ranged from fewer than 10 cells to several hundred per milliliter of sample.
WATTPoultry.com — Campylobacter – How does it get in the chicken? | WATTPoultry.com
The research builds on a greater understanding of the acetabulum, which is the cup-like upper part of the sucker, and the infundibulum which is the lower part that makes contact with surfaces in an octopus’s grip. The infundibulum is covered in grooves which spread low pressure produced by the acetabular over the whole infundibular surface. This aids suction and helps octopuses hold better onto surfaces.
The Engineer — Artificial octopus sucker acts as a robotic anchoring module
Now, in a recent paper, former MBARI Postdoctoral Fellow Manabu Bessho-Uehara, MBARI marine biologist Steve Haddock, and other researchers demonstrated that at least two species of comb jellies (Bolinopsis infundibulum and Mnemiopsis leidyi) can also make their own coelenterazine.
Comb jellies make their own glowing compounds instead of getting them from food

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