infundibulum

English Thesaurus

1. any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk) (noun.body)

hypernym	:	anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure,
definition	:	a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing (noun.body)

hyponym	:	hypophyseal stalk,
definition	:	the funnel-shaped stalk connecting the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus (noun.body)

part meronym	:	betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon,
definition	:	the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon (noun.body)