| Haller's insula | A doubling of the thoracic duct for part of its course through the thorax. Synonym: Haller's annulus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| circular sulcus of insula | A saemicircular fissure demarcating the insula from the opercula above, below, and behind. Synonym: sulcus circularis insulae, circular sulcus of Reil, limiting sulcus of Reil. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| short gyri of insula | Several short, radiating gyri converging toward the base of the insula, composing the anterior two-thirds of the insular cortex. Synonym: gyri breves insulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| insula | 1. An oval region of the cerebral cortex overlying the extreme capsule, lateral to the lenticular nucleus, buried in the depth of the fissura lateralis cerebri (sylvian fissure). Synonym: insular area, insular cortex, island of Reil. Synonym: island. 3. Any circumscribed body or patch on the skin. Origin: L. Island (05 Mar 2000) |
| long gyrus of insula | The most posterior and longest of the slender straight gyri that compose the insula. Synonym: gyrus longus insulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haller, Albrecht von | <person> Swiss physiologist, 1708-1777. See: Haller's ansa, Haller's annulus, Haller's arches, Haller's circle, Haller's cones, Haller's habenula, Haller's insula, Haller's line, Haller's plexus, Haller's rete, Haller's vascular tissue, Haller's tripod, Haller's tunica vasculosa, Haller's unguis, Haller's vas aberrans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haller cell | A variant of ethmoidal air cell developing into the floor of the orbit adjacent to the natural ostium of the maxillary sinus. A diseased Haller cell is capable of obstructing that ostium and producing a maxillary sinusitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haller's annulus | A doubling of the thoracic duct for part of its course through the thorax. Synonym: Haller's annulus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haller's ansa | <anatomy, nerve> A small branch from the digastric branch of the facial nerve to the glossopharyngeal nerve. Synonym: ramus communicans cum nervo glossopharyngeo, Haller's ansa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haller's arches | More specifically see: lateral arcuate ligament, medial arcuate ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haller's circle | <anatomy, nerve> A network of branches of the short ciliary arteries on the sclera around the point of entrance of the optic nerve. Synonym: circulus vasculosus nervi optici, circulus arteriosus halleri, circulus zinnii, Haller's circle, Zinn's corona, Zinn's vascular circle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haller's cones | The coiled portion of the efferent ductules that constitute the head of the epididymis; these join the ductus epididymidis. Synonym: lobuli epididymidis, coni epididymidis, coni vasculosi, Haller's cones, vascular cones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haller's habenula | Rarely used term for the cordlike remains of the vaginal process of the peritoneum. Synonym: Scarpa's habenula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haller's line | A thickened band of pia mater along the midline of the anterior surface of the spinal cord. Synonym: Haller's line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haller's plexus | A nervous plexus of sympathetic filaments and branches of the external laryngeal nerve on the surface of the inferior constrictor muscle of the pharynx. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haller's rete | <anatomy> The network of canals at the termination of the straight seminiferous tubules in the mediastinum testis. (12 Dec 1998) |