Vials:
Syringes:
- A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
- A glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped.
- Plastic vials can have other closure systems, such as flip-tops or snap caps. A vial can be tubular, or have a bottle-like shape with a neck.
Syringes:
A syringe is a simple pump consisting of a plunger
that fits tightly in a tube. The plunger can be pulled and pushed along
inside a cylindrical tube (called a barrel), allowing the syringe to
take in and expel a liquid or gas through an orifice at the open end of
the tube.
The open end of the syringe may be
fitted with a hypodermic needle, a nozzle, or tubing to help direct the
flow into and out of the barrel. Syringes are often used to administer
injections, insert intravenous drugs into the bloodstream, apply
compounds such as gluer lubricant, and measure liquids.
Syringes come with a number of designs for the area in which the blade locks to the syringe body.