crypts of Fuchs

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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Fuchs, crypts of

Pit-like depressions or openings found near the collarette and near the periphery of the iris. They allow the passage of aqueous humour from the anterior chamber into the stroma of the iris as the volume of the iris changes with dilatation and contraction.