ansa

(an’sah), pl. an‘’se [L. “ handle’). Any loo like structure. a. capitis, the zygomatic arch. Haller's a., the loop formed by the nerve which connects the facial and glo opharyngeal nerves. a.of Henle. Same as Henle’s loop. See under loop. a. hypoglos’si, a loop in the neck formed by the descend ens hypo glo i nerve. a. lenticula’ris, a tract between the crusta and the lenticular nucleus. a. peduncula’ris, the portion of the brain to the ventral side of the thalamus. a. of Reil. Same as a. peduncular is. &. sacra’lis, the loop that connects the ganglion impar with the trunks of the sympathetic nerve. a. subcla’via, a. of Vieu ens, a small nerve extending between the middle and inferior cervical, or first dorsal, ganglia, and making a loop around the subclavian artery. Wrisberg’s a., a nerve that connects the right great splanchnic and right pneumogastric nerves.