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An ampulla (/ æ m ˈ p ʊ l ə,-ˈ p ʌ l-/; [1] pl.: ampullae) was, in Ancient Rome, a small round vessel, usually made of glass and with two handles, used for sacred purposes. The word is used of these in archaeology, and of later flasks, often handle-less and much flatter, for holy water or holy oil in the Middle Ages, often bought as ...
The ampulla of Vater, hepatopancreatic ampulla or hepatopancreatic duct is the common duct that is usually formed by a union of the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct within the wall of the duodenum. This common duct usually features a dilation ("ampulla").
The Holy Ampulla or Holy Ampoule (Sainte Ampoule in French) was a glass vial which, from its first recorded use by Pope Innocent II for the anointing of Louis VII in 1131 to the coronation of Louis XVI in 1775, held the chrism or anointing oil for the coronation of the kings of France.
The Holy Land Ampulla of Sant Per de Cassarres, Miscellània Litúrgica Catalana, 15, 2007 Beckwith, John. Early Christian and Byzantine Art , Penguin History of Art (now Yale), 2nd edn. 1979, ISBN 0-14-056033-5
Ampulla of semicircular canal (osseous ampulla), dilated portion at the end of the semicircular canals in the inner ear) within which the ampullar cristae and cupula can be found; Ampulla of uterine tube (ampulla tubae uterinae) Ampulla of vas deferens or ampulla of ductus deferens (ampulla vas deferentis or ampulla ductus deferentis)
The cupula is the onion-shaped structure surrounded by endolymph in the ampulla. The ampullary cupula, or cupula, is a structure in the vestibular system, providing the sense of spatial orientation. The cupula is located within the ampullae of each of the three semicircular canals.
Ampulla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. [1] Species. Species within the genus Ampulla include: Ampulla priamus (Gmelin ...
The ampulla is the major part of the fallopian tube. The ampulla is the widest part of the tube with a maximal luminal diameter of 1 cm, and a length of 5 cm. It curves over the ovary, and is the primary site of fertilization. [12] The ampulla contains a large number of ciliated epithelial cells. [10]