suprameatal spine


su·pra·me·a·tal spine

[TA] small bony prominence anterior to the supramastoid pit at the posterosuperior margin of the bony external acoustic meatus. Synonym(s): spina suprameatica [TA], spina suprameatalis ☆ , Henle spine, meatal spine, spina meatus

suprameatal spine

A small spine at the junction of the superior and posterior walls of the external auditory meatus.See also: spine

Henle,

Friedrich Gustar Jacob, German anatomist, pathologist, and histologist, 1809-1885. crypts of Henle - infoldings of conjunctiva.Hassall-Henle bodies - see under HassallHenle ampulla - the dilation of the ductus deferens where it approaches its contralateral partner before it is joined by the duct of the seminal vesicle. Synonym(s): ampulla of ductus deferensHenle ansa - Synonym(s): nephronic loopHenle fenestrated elastic membrane - Synonym(s): elastic laminae of arteriesHenle fiber layer - the layer of inner cone fibers in the central area of the retina.Henle fissures - minute spaces filled with connective tissue between the muscular fasciculi of the heart.Henle glands - accessory lacrimal glands. Synonym(s): Baumgarten glandsHenle layer - the outer layer cells of the inner root sheath of the hair follicle.Henle ligamentHenle loop - Synonym(s): nephronic loopHenle membrane - the transparent inner layer of the choroid in contact with the pigmented layer of the retina. Synonym(s): lamina basalis choroideaeHenle nervous layer - the layer of the retina from the outer plexiform to the nerve fiber layer inclusive. Synonym(s): entoretinaHenle reaction - dark brown staining of the medullary cells of the adrenal bodies when treated with the salts of chromium, the cortical cells remaining unstained.Henle sheath - the delicate connective tissue enveloping individual nerve fibers within a peripheral nerve. Synonym(s): endoneuriumHenle sphincterHenle spine - small bony prominence anterior to the supramastoid pit at the posterosuperior margin of the bony external acoustic meatus. Synonym(s): suprameatal spineHenle tubules - the straight portions of the uriniferous tubules that form Henle loop, distinguished as the descending and ascending tubules of Henle.Henle warts - Synonym(s): Hassall-Henle bodies