Ampulla (disambiguation)

An ampulla (plural "ampullae") was, in Ancient Rome, a "small nearly globular flask or bottle, with two handles" (OED).

Ampulla may also refer to:

Antique vessels

 * Monza ampullae, 6th century, metal souvenirs of pilgrimages to the Holy Land.
 * Holy Ampulla, glass, part of the French coronation regalia and believed to have divine origins.
 * The Ampulla in the British Crown Jewels, a hollow, gold, eagle-shaped vessel from which the anointing oil is poured at the coronation of the British monarch.

Medicine and science

 * Any of several anatomical structures:
 * Ampullae of Lorenzini, electroreceptors in fish
 * Ampulla of semicircular canal (osseous ampulla), dilated portion at the end of the semicircular canals in the inner ear) within which the ampullar cristae and cupula can be found
 * Ampulla of uterine tube (ampulla tubae uterinae)
 * Ampulla of vas deferens or ampulla of ductus deferens (ampulla vas deferentis or ampulla ductus deferentis)
 * Cisterna chyli (ampulla chyli), dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct
 * Duodenal ampulla or duodenal cap (ampulla duodeni), the very first part of the duodenum, which is not retroperitoneal
 * Hepatopancreatic ampulla, also called ampulla of Vater
 * Rectal ampulla (ampulla recti)
 * Ampullae, bulb-like structures above the tube feet in echinoderms, and part of the valvae in arthropod male genitals
 * Ampulla (gastropod), a genus of sea snails