Before Anesthesia. It is necessary to have an empty stomach before receiving general anesthesia. In most cases, patients are required to abstain from eating and drinking after midnight on the night before their scheduled surgery to reduce the chances of vomiting while under anesthesia. When a person is under general anesthesia, the body does not work normally.
Definition of AMPULLA OF LORENZINI. : any of the pores on the snouts of marine sharks and rays that contain receptors highly sensitive to weak electric fields.
ampulla chyÂ´li cisterna chyli. ampulla ducÂ´tus deferenÂ´tis (Henle's ampulla) the enlarged and tortuous distal end of the ductus deferens. hepatopancreatic ampulla ampulla of Vater; a flasklike cavity in the major duodenal papilla into which the common bile duct and pancreatic duct open.Hepatopancreatic ampulla, receiving the common bile and pancreatic ducts and entering the duodenum at the major duodenal papilla.mpulla of Vater hepatopancreatic ampulla; the term âampulla of Vaterâ is often mistakenly used instead of âpapilla of Vater,â or major duodenal papilla.