tubulate
Shape into pipes
Tubulate means to form into a tube or provide with a tube.
The term appears mainly in scientific and technical contexts, describing the process of shaping something into a hollow cylindrical form: The glassblower tubulated the molten material.
As an adjective, tubulate describes something tube-shaped or having tubes.
Hollow conveyance channel
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- cannulaThin medical insertion tube
straw · pipette · catheter · capillary · sleeve · sheath · hose · tubing
Receptacle for contents
- capillarySmallest blood vessel
- bronchioleSmall lung airway branch
- nephronKidney's filtration unit
- fallopianOf egg-carrying ducts
urethra · esophagus · intestine · trachea · artery · vein · duct · canal
pipe
Hollow conveyance channel
cannula · straw · pipette · catheter · capillary · sleeve · sheath · hose · tubing · conduit
vessel
Receptacle for contents
- capillarySmallest blood vessel
- bronchioleSmall lung airway branch
- nephronKidney's filtration unit
fallopian · urethra · esophagus · intestine · trachea · artery · vein · duct · canal · lumen
pipeline
Long-distance fluid transport tube
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- ductworkHVAC distribution channels
- siphonLiquid transfer tube
penstock · culvert · flume · raceway · drainage · sewerage · channeling · conveyance · main · spout
macaroni
Short curved pasta
cannelloni · manicotti · bucatini · ditalini · elbow · cavatappi
- tubular bellsStruck metal tube instrument
- tubular steelHollow cylindrical metal sections
- tubular reabsorptionNephron recovery of filtered substances