See Also: Hensen's duct(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Hensen, Victor(medicine)
Hensen's stripe(medicine)
Hensen's node(medicine)
Hensen's line(medicine)
Hensen's knot(medicine)
Hensen's disk(medicine)
Hensen's cell(medicine)
Hensen's canal(medicine)

lithology (medicine) and Hensen's duct (medicine)


lithology (medicine)


lithology


1. <study> The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in Nature.

2. <medicine> A treatise on stones found in the body.

Origin: Litho-: cf. F. Lithologie.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Hensen's duct (medicine)


Hensen's duct -->
uniting duct


A short membranous tube passing from the lower end of the saccule to the cochlear duct of the membranous labyrinth.

Synonym: ductus reuniens, canaliculus reuniens, canalis reuniens, Hensen's canal, Hensen's duct, uniting canal.