Krausen.
/ˈkraʊzə/ Used in the possessive and with of-adjunct to designate structures in the body which Krause investigated.
a. A kind of encapsulated plexus of sensory nerve endings found in mucous membranes, the dermis, the conjunctiva, and elsewhere.
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1872 H. Power tr. Stricker's Man. Histol. II. xxix. 317 The nerves of the glans [penis] are very numerous and..end within the papillae in Krause's terminal bulbs.
1875 A. Gamgee tr. L. Hermann Elements Human Physiol. x. 457 Terminal nerve bodies (Krause's corpuscles) are oval, or more or less rounded vesicles of 0·03–0·06 mm, consisting of an areolar sheath, with nuclei and soft homogeneous contents, in which the nerve-fibre runs, terminating in a point.
1888 A. Flint Text-bk. Human Physiol. (ed. 4) xvi. 516 In certain membranes the nerves terminate in end-bulbs, or corpuscles of Krause.
1901 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 2) at Corpuscle Krause's corpuscles, round end-bulbs or nerve-endings in the mucous membrane of the mouth, nose, eyes, and genitals.
1953 C. E. Osgood Method & Theory Exper. Psychol. i. 7 Pain is attributed to free nerve endings; cold to Krause's end bulbs.
1960 R. A. Weale Eye & its Function ii. 30 Their shape is reminiscent of one type of pressure receptor, namely Krause's corpuscle.
1972 M. L. Barr Human Nerv. Syst. iii. 35/2 It was thought at one time that end-bulbs of Krause were receptors for coolness and end-bulbs of Ruffini for warmth, but the evidence that these are special temperature sensors is no longer regarded as conclusive.
b. (A transverse membrane appearing as) a thin dark line separating adjacent sarcomeres in a striated muscle fibril.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > parts of muscle > [noun] > other parts
disc1840
muscle fibre1857
Krause1873
A band1939
1873 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 163 442 The transverse membrane of Krause and the narrow disk of intermediate substance..of Heppner would seem to be referable to the heads of two contiguous series of muscle-rods, which..often meet in the middle of the clear stripe.
1887 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 65/2 Krause's membrane or intermediate disk.
1904 T. L. Stedman Dunglison's Dict. Med. Sci. (U.K. ed. 23) 609/1 Krause's disk, dark line traversing transversely each alternating light band in a muscle fibrilla.
1939 W. E. Le Gros Clark Tissues of Body v. 99 Cutting through the isotropic disc is a thin dark line which is believed by some histologists to mark the position of a membrane (Krause's membrane) separating the length of the fibril into a series of partially isolated segments.
1970 Fallis & Ashworth Textbk. Human Histol. viii. 58 The major cross bands of the myofibrils are the A and I bands... In the center of the I band is a thin dark line known as the Z (Zwischenscheibe) band, or intermediate line of Krause; the Z band attaches to the sarcolemma at the periphery of the cell.
c. Each of the numerous small accessory lacrimal glands situated under the conjunctiva close to where it joins the eyeball.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > glands of conjunctiva
Henle's gland1873
trachoma glands1873
Krause1905
1905 Trans. Ophthalm. Soc. 25 1 (heading) Cyst of Krause's gland.
1907 Practitioner Dec. 853 The accessory lachrymal glands, or Krause's glands, are small acini, which lie below the conjunctiva between the fornix and the edge of the tarsus.
1933 E. Wolff Anat. Eye & Orbit iii. 113 The glands of Krause are accessory lacrimal glands occurring under the conjunctiva from the fornix to the convex border of the tarsus.
1960 R. A. Weale Eye & its Function xii. 185 Accessory lacrimal apparatus is provided by Krause's glands.
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