ANSA (from

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Lat. ansa, a handle)  , in astronomy, one of the apparent ends of the rings of Saturn as seen in perspective from the earth: so-called because, in the earlier telescopes, they looked like handles projecting from the planet . In anatomy the word is applied to nervous structures which resemble loops . In archaeology it is used for the engraved and ornamented handle of a vase, which has often survived when the vase itself, being less durable, has disappeared .