Heidenhain pouch


Hei·den·hain pouch

(hī'dĕn-hīn), a small sac or pouch of the stomach, vagally denervated and closed off from the main cavity but with an opening through the abdominal wall, fashioned for the purpose of obtaining gastric juice and for studying gastric secretion in physiologic experiments.

Hei·den·hain pouch

(hī'den-hīn powch) Surgical separation of small stomach pouch from rest of stomach, which drains to exterior, used in studies of stomach physiology.

Heidenhain pouch

A small, surgically constructed pouch of the stomach that is denervated and separated from the stomach and drained to the outside of the body. It is used to study the physiology of the stomach. See also: Heidenhain, Rudolph P.

Heidenhain,

Rudolph P., German histologist and physiologist, 1834-1897. Biondi-Heidenhain stain - see under BiondiHeidenhain azan stain - a technique to stain nuclei and erythrocytes red, muscle orange, glia fibrils reddish, mucin blue, and collagen and reticulum dark blue.Heidenhain crescents - the serous cells at the distal end of a mucous, tubuloalveolar secretory unit of certain salivary glands. Synonym(s): Heidenhain demilunes; serous demilunesHeidenhain demilunes - Synonym(s): Heidenhain crescentsHeidenhain iron hematoxylin stain - an iron alum hematoxylin stain used for staining muscle striations and mitotic structures blue-black.Heidenhain law - glandular secretion is always accompanied by an alteration in the structure of the gland.Heidenhain pouch - a small sac or pouch of the stomach fashioned for the purpose of obtaining gastric juice and for studying gastric secretion in physiologic experiments.