What's the difference between canal and tube?

Canal


Definition:

  • (n.) An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.
  • (n.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In addition to the aqueduct other associated inner ear anomalies have been identified in 60% of this population including: enlarged vestibule (14); enlarged vestibule and lateral semicircular canal (7); enlarged vestibule and hypoplastic cochlea (4); and hypoplastic cochlea (4).
  • (2) After four years of existence, many evaluations were able to show the qualities of this system regarding root canal penetration, cleaning and shaping.
  • (3) Digestion is initiated in the gastric region by secretion of acid and pepsin; however, diversity of digestive enzymes is highest in the post-gastric alimentary canal with the greatest proteolytic activity in the spiral valve.
  • (4) A new theory for the peculiar site selection of cholesteatomas of the external auditory canal is postulated.
  • (5) In the anesthetized cat, the posterior canal nerve (PCN) was stimulated by electric pulses and synaptic responses were recorded intracellularly in the three antagonistic pairs of extraocular motoneurons.
  • (6) Two hundred and forty root canals of extracted single-rooted teeth were prepared to the same dimension, and Dentatus posts of equal size were cemented without screwing them into the dentine.
  • (7) 5 reconstructions of the posterior bony canal wall were moderately sunk in.
  • (8) The parameters of the air flow in the canal of the separator are established in a graphic way.
  • (9) It may be explained by an ipsilateral lesion of the posterior canal pathways.
  • (10) Interlamellar plasmodia are limited by 2 outer unit membranes which give rise to both single-and double-membraned pincytic canals.
  • (11) Ten patients have undergone abdominal proctocolectomy with the formation of an ileal reservoir anastomosed onto the anal canal using a stapling device.
  • (12) The hymen was not penetrated as a result of intromission and therefore the site of ejaculation would have been in the urogenital canal of the 4 primigravid elephants.
  • (13) The cytotoxic effects on cultured rat bone cells of newly-developed root canal sealers and commercially available sealers were compared.
  • (14) In the external ear canal, residual water from caloric testing or any other irrigation may act to simulate a conductive hearing loss and interfere with subsequent auditory brainstem response recording leading to increased latencies and reduced amplitudes.
  • (15) The surgeon must have an exact idea of this canal before undertaking operation for plastics of the hernial defect.
  • (16) All the canals open independently at the surface of the cuticle and the substance deposited there is a mixture of proteins and acid mucosubstances.
  • (17) The crossing points were investigated in 20 patients and in most cases they existed between 2 cm and 6 cm from the anterior border of the external auditory canal.
  • (18) It is concluded that the massive destruction of the normal anatomy in the lateral semicircular canal may be the morphological basis of a functional endolymphatic fistula for drainage of the endolymphatic hydrops.
  • (19) In the series of 50 acoustic neurinomas (AN) the internal auditory canal (IAC) diameter and the diameter difference between the tumor and non-tumor side are compared with the sizes of the AN.
  • (20) Myelography revealed no abnormality, although magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography after myelography demonstrated a mass within the posterior aspect of the thoracic spinal canal associated with anterior displacement and compression of the spinal cord.

Tube


Definition:

  • (n.) A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.
  • (n.) A telescope.
  • (n.) A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.
  • (n.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
  • (n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction.
  • (n.) A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through.
  • (n.) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm.
  • (n.) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, volumes, and temperatures of expired gas were measured from the tracheal and esophageal tubes.
  • (2) These organic compounds were found to be stable on the sorbent tubes for at least seven days.
  • (3) Since the advance and return of sperm inside the tubes could facilitate the interaction of sperm with secretions participating in its maturation, the persistent infertility after vasectomy could be related to the contractile alteration that follows the excessive tubal distention.
  • (4) Average fluoroscopy time per procedure was 27.8 minutes of which 15.1 minutes were for nephrostomy tube insertion and 12.7 minutes were for calculi extraction.
  • (5) Cells (1 x 10(5)) were seeded in 12- x -75-mm tissue culture tubes and incubated with various doses of IL-1 beta, IL-1 alpha, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma, alone or in specific combinations, for 15 min, two, 12, 24, and 72 h. PGE concentrations in the media were measured by radio-immunoassay.
  • (6) This attack can take place during organogenesis, during early differentiation of neural anlagen after neural tube closure or during biochemical differentiation of the brain.
  • (7) 16 tube (usually a Baker tube) was inserted by gastrostomy and advanced distally into the colon.
  • (8) At first, immunofluorescence demonstrated the presence of laminin-binding sites at the surface of germ tubes.
  • (9) By 3 d in the chick embryo, the first neurons detected by antibodies to Ng-CAM are located in the ventral neural tube; these precursors of motor neurons emit well-stained fibers to the periphery.
  • (10) The flow of a specified concentration of test gas exits from the mixing board, enters a distributing tube, and is then distributed equally to 12 chamber tubes housing one mouse each.
  • (11) The X-ray tube rotates outside the detector array at the rate of one revolution per second.
  • (12) Predominantly observed defects included neural crest cells in ectopic locations, both within and external to the neural tube, and mildly deformed neural tubes containing some dissociating cells.
  • (13) To provide a seal with low pressure-high volume cuffed tubes, cuff sizes of 20.5 mm and 27.5 mm are recommended for female and male patients, respectively.
  • (14) In a double-blind trial, 50 patients with subcostal incisions performed for cholecystectomy or splenectomy, received 10 ml of either 0.5% bupivacaine plain or physiological saline twice daily by wound perfusion through an indwelling drainage tube for 3 days after operation.
  • (15) Since the early 1960's nasotracheal tubes have been used for neonates with primary respiratory diseases which necessitated positive pressure ventilation.
  • (16) Multiple blood samples were obtained over one dosing interval following oral CyA administration in eight liver transplant patients before and after T-tube clamping.
  • (17) Capnometry was performed through the lumen (CO2d) and the proximal end of the endotracheal tube (CO2p).
  • (18) The normal tissues included the ovary, fallopian tube, uterine endometrium, uterine cervix, and vagina.
  • (19) A survey into the current usage of tracheal tubes and associated procedures, such as various sedation regimes and antacid therapy, in intensive care units was carried out in Sweden by sending a questionnaire to physicians in charge of intensive care units in 70 acute hospitals which included seven main teaching hospitals.
  • (20) The NJ tubes remained in place an average of 13 days, and the GJ tubes remained in place an average of 37 days.