ba·sal lam·i·na of cho·roid

[TA]

the transparent, nearly structureless inner layer of the choroid in contact with the pigmented layer of the retina.

Synonym(s): lamina basalis choroideae [TA]

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lam·i·na ba·sa·lis cho·roi·de·ae

(lam'i-nă bā-sā'lis kō-roy'dē-ē) [TA]

The transparent, nearly structureless inner layer of the choroid in contact with the pigmented layer of the retina.
Synonym(s): basal layer of choroid, Bruch membrane, vitreous lamella, vitreous membrane (3) .

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Bruch,

Carl W.L., German anatomist, 1819-1884.

Bruch glands - lymph nodes in the palpebral conjunctiva. Synonym(s): trachoma glands

Bruch membrane - the transparent, nearly structureless inner layer of the choroid in contact with the pigmented layer of the retina. Synonym(s): lamina basalis choroideae

Henle,

Friedrich Gustar Jacob, German anatomist, pathologist, and histologist, 1809-1885.

crypts of Henle - infoldings of conjunctiva.

Hassall-Henle bodies - see under Hassall

Henle 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 deferens

Henle ansa - Synonym(s): nephronic loop

Henle fenestrated elastic membrane - Synonym(s): elastic laminae of arteries

Henle 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 glands

Henle layer - the outer layer cells of the inner root sheath of the hair follicle.

Henle ligament

Henle loop - Synonym(s): nephronic loop

Henle membrane - the transparent inner layer of the choroid in contact with the pigmented layer of the retina. Synonym(s): lamina basalis choroideae

Henle nervous layer - the layer of the retina from the outer plexiform to the nerve fiber layer inclusive. Synonym(s): entoretina

Henle 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): endoneurium

Henle sphincter

Henle spine - small bony prominence anterior to the supramastoid pit at the posterosuperior margin of the bony external acoustic meatus. Synonym(s): suprameatal spine

Henle 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