Definition of Ampullae

1. ampulla [n] - See also: ampulla

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ampullae

ampulla of Lorenzini
ampulla of Vater
ampulla of gallbladder
ampulla of lacrimal canaliculus
ampulla of milk duct
ampulla of rectum
ampulla of the semicircular canals
ampulla of the semicircular ducts
ampulla of uterine tube
ampulla of vater
ampulla ossea
ampulla recti
ampulla tubae uterinae
ampullaceous
ampullae (current term)
ampullae of Lorenzini
ampullar
ampullar abortion
ampullar pregnancy
ampullary
ampullary aneurysm
ampullary crest
ampullary crura of semicircular ducts
ampullary folds of uterine tube
ampullary limbs of semicircular ducts
ampullary sulcus
ampulliform
ampullitis
ampullula

Literary usage of Ampullae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"The ampullae are also set radially or vertically to the cavity of the canal. ... The ampullae communicate with the inhalent canals as a rule by many pores, ..."

2. Physiology and Pathology of the Semicircular Canals: Being an Excerpt of the by Adolph Ernest Ibershoff, Robert. Bárány (1910)
"VI., C and D. The hair cells of the ampullae are swayed like miniature seaweed by the endolymph current. Figure VI. Schematic representation of horizontal ..."

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