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ansa (s), ansae (pl)
1. The apparent ends of Saturn's rings, which, ween obliquely, seem to project from the sides of the planet like handles.
2. A handle, as of a pitcher.
3. In anatomy, any structure in the form of a loop or arc.
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(Latin: jug handle; loop)
Word Entries containing the term: “ansa
ansa cervicalis, ansa hypoglossi
A nerve loop in the neck formed by fibers from the first three cervical (neck) nerves.
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ansa lenticularis, lenticular ansa, lenticular loop
The pallidal efferent fibers (fibers conveying impulses to effector tissues; such as, the muscle, smooth, cardiac or striated; or glands) curving around the medial border of the internal capsule ( major route by which the cerebral cortex is connected with the brainstem and the spinal cord).
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ansa nervorum spinalium
Connecting loops of nerve fibers between the anterior spinal nerves.
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ansa peduncularis
Fibers from the medial and basal surface of the thalamus passing below the lenticular nucleus and radiating to the cortex of the temporal lobe and insula.
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ansa sacralis
A nerve cord connecting one or both of the sympathetic nerve trunks with the ganglion impar (an unpaired, not even, anatomical part).
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