- Hyrtl loop
- an occasional looplike anastomosis between the right and left hypoglossal nerves in the geniohyoid muscle.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Hyrtl loop
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Hyrtl loop (anastomosis) recess sphincter — (hurґtəl) [Jozsef Hyrtl, Hungarian anatomist in Austria, 1810–1894] see under loop and sphincter, and see recessus epitympanicus … Medical dictionary
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Anastomosis — The connection of normally separate parts or spaces so they intercommunicate. An anastomosis may be naturally occurring or artificially constructed and be created during the process of embryonic development or by surgery, trauma or pathological… … Medical dictionary
