crypt (redirected from Crypts)

crypt (kript) a blind pit or tube on a free surface.

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anal crypts  see under sinus.

bony crypt  the bony compartment surrounding a developing tooth.

enamel crypt  a space bounded by dental ledges on either side and usually by the enamel organ, and filled with mesenchyma.

crypts of Fuchs , crypts of iris pitlike depressions in the iris.

crypts of Lieberkühn  intestinal glands.

Luschka's crypts  deep indentations of the gallbladder mucosa which penetrate into the muscular layer of the organ.

crypt of Morgagni 

1. the lateral expansion of the urethra in the glans penis.

2. see anal sinuses.

synovial crypt  a pouch in the synovial membrane of a joint.

crypts of tongue  deep, irregular invaginations from the surface of the lingual tonsil.

tonsillar crypts  epithelium-lined clefts in the palatine, lingual, and pharyngeal tonsils.

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crypt (krpt)

n.

A small pit, recess, or glandular cavity in the body.

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crypt

a blind pit or tube on a free surface.

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anal c's

furrows, with pouchlike recesses at the caudal end, separating the rectal columns; called also anal sinuses.

c's of Lieberkühn

the lumen of intestinal glands on the surface of the intestinal mucous membrane.

tongue crypt

deep, irregular invaginations from the surface of the lingual tonsil.

tonsillar c's

epithelium-lined clefts in the palatine tonsils.