| Henle's loop | The U-shaped part of the nephron extending from the proximal to the distal convoluted tubules, consisting of descending and ascending limbs, located in the medulla renalis and medullary ray. Synonym: Henle's ansa, Henle's loop. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| loop of henle | A u-shaped turn in the medullary portion of a renal tubule, with a descending limb from the proximal convoluted tubule and an ascending limb to the distal convoluted tubule. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Hassall-Henle bodies | Hyaline body's on the posterior surface of Descemet's membrane at the periphery of the cornea. Synonym: Henle's warts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henle, Friedrich | <person> German anatomist, pathologist, and histologist born in Furth, near Nuremberg, 1809. He was a student and Prosector of Anatomy in Berlin and became Professor of Anatomy in Zurich in 1840. In 1844 went to Heidelberg. From 1852 until his death was professor of Anatomy in Gottingen. Was one of the most celebrated German Anatomists of Jewish descent, well known for his many contributions to microscopic anatomy. D. 1885. Henle's Loop - the looped portion of the uriniferous tubules of the kidney. Allgemeine Anatomie. Leipzig. 1841. Systematiche Anatomie. Brunswick. 1855. Many other structures are associated with Henle's name and more than twenty ligaments were named by him. Lived: 1809-1885. See: crypts of Henle, Henle's ampulla, Henle's ansa, Henle's glands, Henle's fissures, Henle's layer, Henle's fibre layer, Henle's nervous layer, Henle's loop, Henle's membrane, Henle's fenestrated elastic membrane, Henle's reaction, Henle's sheath, Henle's spine, Henle's tubules, Henle's warts, Hassall-Henle bodies. (21 Jun 2000) |
| Henle's ampulla | The dilation of the ductus deferens where it approaches its contralateral partner just before it is joined by the duct of the seminal vesicle. Synonym: ampulla ductus deferentis, Henle's ampulla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henle's ansa | The U-shaped part of the nephron extending from the proximal to the distal convoluted tubules, consisting of descending and ascending limbs, located in the medulla renalis and medullary ray. Synonym: Henle's ansa, Henle's loop. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henle's fenestrated elastic membrane | elastic laminae of arteries |
| Henle's fibre layer | The layer of inner cone fibres in the central area of the retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henle's fissures | Minute spaces filled with connective tissue between the muscular fasciculi of the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henle's glands | Accessory lacrimal gland's located near the fornices in the medial part of the palpebral conjunctiva; they open on the conjunctiva surface. Synonym: Baumgarten's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henle's layer | The outer layer cells of the inner root sheath of the hair follicle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henle's membrane | The transparent, nearly structureless inner layer of the choroid in contact with the pigmented layer of the retina. Synonym: basal lamina of choroid, basal layer of choroid, Bruch's membrane, Henle's membrane, lamina vitrea, vitreous lamella, vitreous membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henle's nervous layer | The layers of the retina from the outer plexiform to the nerve fibre layer inclusive. Synonym: Henle's nervous layer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henle's reaction | Dark brown staining of the medullary cells of the adrenal bodies when treated with the salts of chromium, the cortical cells remaining unstained. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henle's sheath | <anatomy> The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibres. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Within + a sinew, nerve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |