See Also: sacculus laryngis(medicine)
sacculus(dictionary)
sacculus(medicine)
sacculus vestibuli(medicine)
sacculus proprius(medicine)
sacculus lacrimalis(medicine)
sacculus endolymphaticus(medicine)
sacculus communis(medicine)
sacculus alveolaris(medicine)
pachyderma laryngis(medicine)

Nissl (iou) and sacculus laryngis (medicine)


Nissl (iou)



Nissl noun. L19.
[Franz Nissl (1860-1919), German neurologist.]
Anatomy. Used attrib. and in possess. with ref. to a method for staining nerve cells.
Nissl body a large basophilic granule containing ribosomes and found in the cell body of neurones. Nissl degeneration degeneration of the body of a neurone and disintegration of its Nissl bodies after its axon is cut. Nissl granule = Nissl body above. Nissl stain, Nissl's stain a dye which stains the cell bodies of neurones, esp. methylene blue. Nissl substance Nissl bodies collectively.

sacculus laryngis (medicine)


sacculus laryngis -->
saccule of larynx


A small diverticulum provided with mucous glands extending upward from the ventricle of the larynx between the vestibular fold and the lamina of the thyroid cartilage; it is a vestigial structure, being a much larger structure interdigitating with the neck musculature in some of the great apes where it serves as a resonating chamber.

Synonym: sacculus laryngis, appendix ventriculi laryngis, Hilton's sac, laryngeal pouch.

Origin: L. Sacculus