Salpinx

A salpinx (Greek σαλπιγξ, plural salpinges) was a type of Greek trumpet. [ [http://www.bartleby.com/61/61/S0046100.html salpinx. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 ] ]

In anatomical contexts, it is used to refer to a type of tube. Per Terminologia Anatomica, the Latin term "tuba" is usually used to describe most tubes (after the Roman tuba, not the modern Tuba), but the term "salpinges" and its adjectival derivatives are still sometimes used to describe the following two "tubes": [DorlandsDict|seven/000094332|Salpinx]

* Fallopian tube (as in mesosalpinx, salpingitis and hydrosalpinx)

* Eustachian tube (as in salpingopalatine fold, salpingopharyngeal fold, and salpingopharyngeus muscle)

Salpiglossis derives from the Greek for "trumpet" and "tongue".

ee also

* History_of_primitive_and_non-Western_trumpets#Ancient_Greece

References

External links

* http://www.tapsbugler.com/HistoryoftheBugle/HistoryoftheBugle2.html