This is a list of human anatomical parts named after people. The major systems of the human body are: Cardiovascular system: the blood circulation with heart, arteries and veins Digestive system: processing food with mouth, esophagus, stomach and intestines. ...

For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.

For a list of eponyms sorted by name see List of eponyms.

An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, who has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery, or other item. ... An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) from whom something is said to take its name. ...

Alphabetical list

For clarity, entries are listed by the name of the person associated with them, so Loop of Henle is listed under H not L. In the kidney, the loop of Henle is the portion of the nephron that leads from the proximal convoluted tubule to the distal convoluted tubule. ...

A

• Achilles tendon – Achilles, Greek mythological character
• Adam's apple – Adam, Biblical character
• Alcock's canal (pudendal canal) – Sir Rutherford Alcock
• Artery of Adamkiewicz – Albert Wojciech Adamkiewicz
• Auerbach's plexus – Leopold Auerbach

This is about vertebrate anatomy. ... For other uses, see Achilles (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Adams apple (disambiguation). ... Michelangelos The Creation of Adam, a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, shows God creating Adam, with Eve in His arm. ... The internal pudendal vessels and pudendal nerve cross the pelvic surface of the Obturator internus and are enclosed in a special canal—Alcocks canal (or pudendal canal)—formed by the obturator fascia. ... In human anatomy, the Artery of Adamkiewicz, also Adamkiewicz artery, major anterior segmental medullary artery and great anterior segmental medullary artery, is the largest anterior segmental medullary artery. ... Albert Wojciech Adamkiewicz (August 11, 1850 - October 31, 1921) was a Polish pathologist who was born in Żerków. ... Part of the enteric nervous system, Auerbachs plexus exists between the longitudinal and circular layers of muscle in the gastrointestinal tract and provides motor innervation to both layers and secretomotor innervation to the mucosa. ... Leopold Auerbach (b. ...

B

• Bachmann's bundle – Jean George Bachmann
• Bartholin's gland – Caspar Bartholin the Younger
• Batson's plexus
• Long thoracic nerve of Bell – Sir Charles Bell
• Duct of Bellini – Lorenzo Bellini
• Renal columns of Bertin – Exupere Joseph Bertin
• Betz cells – Vladimir Alekseyevich Betz
• Billroth's cords – Theodor Billroth
• Bowman's capsule and Bowman's membrane – Sir William Bowman
• Broca's area – Paul Broca
• Brodmann's areas – Korbinian Brodmann
• Brunner's glands – Johann Conrad Brunner
• Buck's fascia – Gurdon Buck

Bachmanns bundle is one of the four conduction tracts that make up the atrial conduction system of the heart which is responsible for transmitting the pacemaking impulses of the sinoatrial node to the rest of the heart. ... The Bartholins glands (also called Bartholin glands or greater vestibular glands) are two glands located slightly below and to the left and right of the opening of the vagina in women. ... Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655-1738), grandson of theologian and anatomist Caspar Bartholin the Elder, was a Danish anatomist who first described the Bartholins gland in the 17th century. ... Batsons veins are veins that connect the pelvic veins (draining the inferior end of the urinary bladder and prostate) to the internal vertebral venous plexus. ... The long thoracic nerve (external respiratory nerve of Bell; posterior thoracic nerve) supplies the Serratus anterior. ... Sir Charles Bell Sir Charles Bell was a Scottish anatomist, surgeon, and physiologist, b. ... Position of the duct of Bellini in the kidney The duct of Bellini is an anatomical structure of the kidneys, also known as papillary duct. ... Drawing of kidney ducts by Lorenzo Bellini Lorenzo Bellini (1643-1704), Italian physician and anatomist, was born at Florence on the September 3rd, 1643. ... The renal column (or Bertin column, or column of Bertin) is a medullary extension of the renal cortex in between the renal pyramids. ... Betz cells are pyramidal cell neurons located within the fifth layer of the grey matter in the primary motor cortex. ... Vladimir Alekseyevich Betz (Russian: ) (April 14, 1834 - 1894) - Russian anatomist and histologist, professor of the Kiev University, famous for the discovery of giant pyramidal neurons of primary motor cortex. ... The Cords of Billroth are found in the red pulp of the spleen between the sinusoids, consisting of fibrils and connective tissue cells with a large population of monocytes and macrophages. ... Theodor Billroth, founding father of modern abdominal surgery Christian Albert Theodor Billroth (born 26 August 1829 in Bergen auf Rügen, Germany; died 6 February 1894 in Opatija, Austria-Hungary, now Croatia), a German-born Austrian surgeon, is generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery. ... The Bowmans capsule(other names: capsula glomeruli, glomerular capsule) is a cup like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney. ... The Bowmans membrane is a smooth layer in the eye. ... Sir William Bowman (July 20, 1816 - March 29, 1892) was a British surgeon and anatomist. ... Brocas area is the section of the human brain (in the opercular and triangular sections of the inferior frontal gyrus of the frontal lobe of the cortex) that is involved in language processing, speech production and comprehension. ... Paul Pierre Broca (June 28, 1824 - July 9, 1880) was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. ... A Brodmann area is a region in the brain cortex defined in many different species based on its cytoarchitecture. ... Korbinian Brodmann (November 17, 1868 - August 22, 1918) was a German neurologist who became famous for his definition of the cerebral cortex into 52 distinct regions from their cytoarchitectonic (histological) characteristics. ... Brunners glands are submucosal glands located throughout the duodenum. ... Johann Conrad Brunner (1653-1727) was a Swiss anatomist from Diessenhofen. ... Bucks fascia is a layer of deep fascia covering the penis. ... Gurdon Buck (1807-1877) was a pioneer military plastic surgeon during the Civil War. ...

C

• Cajal cells – Santiago Ramón y Cajal
• Castle intrinsic factor – William Bosworth Castle
• Charcot-Bouchard aneurysms – Jean-Martin Charcot and Charles-Joseph Bouchard
• Chassaignac tubercle – Charles Marie Édouard Chassaignac
• Christmas factor – Stephen Christmas
• Clara cell – Max Clara
• Colles' fascia – Abraham Colles
• Cooper's fascia – Astley Cooper
• Cooper's iliopectineal ligament – Astley Cooper
• Cooper's suspensory ligaments – Astley Cooper
• Organ of Corti – Alphonso Corti
• Cowper's glands – William Cowper
• Cuvier ducts – Georges Cuvier

Astrocytes, also known as astroglia, are characteristic star-shaped cells in the brain. ... Santiago Ramón y Cajal Santiago Ramón y Cajal (May 1, 1852 – October 17, 1934) was a famous Spanish histologist, physician, and Nobel laureate. ... Intrinsic factor is a glycoprotein produced by the parietal cells of the stomach. ... Charcot-Bouchard aneurysms are aneurysms of the brain vasculature which occur in small blood vessels (less than 300 micron diameter). ... Categories: People stubs | French physicians | 1825 births | 1893 deaths | History of medicine ... Charles-Joseph Bouchard (September 6, 1837 - 1915) was a French pathologist who was born in the department of Haute-Marne. ... Chassaignac tubercle (or tuberculum caroticum, the carotid tubercle) is the name given to the anterior tubercle of the transverse process of the sixth cervical vertebra against which the carotid artery may be compressed by the finger. ... Charles Marie Edouard Chassaignac (1805-79) was a French physician. ... Factor IX (or Christmas factor or Christmas-Eve factor) is one of the serine proteases (EC 3. ... Stephen Christmas (1947-1993) was a 5 year old boy when he became the first patient described to have Christmas disease (or Haemophilia B) in 1952 by a group of British doctors. ... Clara cells are non-mucous and non-ciliated secretory cells found in bronchioles in the lungs. ... The deep layer of superficial fascia (fascia of Colles) is thin, aponeurotic in structure, and of considerable strength, serving to bind down the muscles of the root of the penis. ... Abraham Colles Abraham Colles (July 23, 1773 – 1843) was professor of Anatomy, Surgery and Physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. ... Sir Astley P. Cooper Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st Baronet (August 23, 1768-February 12, 1841), English surgeon and anatomist, who made historical contributions to otology, vascular surgery, the anatomy and pathology of the mammary glands and testicles, and the pathology and surgery of hernia. ... Sir Astley P. Cooper Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st Baronet (August 23, 1768-February 12, 1841), English surgeon and anatomist, who made historical contributions to otology, vascular surgery, the anatomy and pathology of the mammary glands and testicles, and the pathology and surgery of hernia. ... Coopers ligaments (also known as Coopers suspensory ligaments and the fibrocollegenous septa) are connective tissue in the breast that helps maintain structural integrity. ... Sir Astley P. Cooper Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st Baronet (August 23, 1768-February 12, 1841), English surgeon and anatomist, who made historical contributions to otology, vascular surgery, the anatomy and pathology of the mammary glands and testicles, and the pathology and surgery of hernia. ... The organ of Corti is the organ in the inner ear of mammals that contains auditory sensory cells, or hair cells. // Structure and function It has highly specialized structures that respond to fluid-borne vibrations in the cochlea with a shearing vector in the hairs of some cochlear hair cells. ... Male Anatomy In the anatomy of the male human body, the bulbourethral glands (or Cowpers glands) are two small, rounded, and somewhat lobulated bodies, of a yellow color, about the size of peas, placed behind and lateral to the membranous portion of the urethra, between the two layers of... William Cowper. ... During development of the veins, the first indication of a parietal system consists in the appearance of two short transverse veins, the ducts of Cuvier, which open, one on either side, into the sinus venosus. ... Georges Cuvier Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier (August 23, 1769–May 13, 1832) was a French naturalist and zoologist. ...

D

• Darwin's tubercle – Charles Darwin
• Campbell de Morgan spots
• Denonvilliers' fascia – Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers
• Space of Disse – Joseph Disse
• Pouch of Douglas – James Douglas

This is a congenital ear condition which often presents as a thickening on the helix at the junction of the upper and middle thirds. ... For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ... Cherry angioma is the most common kind of angioma. ... Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers (February 4, 1808 - July 5, 1872) was a French surgeon who was a native of Paris. ... Sinusoid of a rat liver with fenestrated endothelial cells. ... The Pouch of Douglas is the extension of the peritoneal cavity between the rectum and back wall of the uterus in the female human body. ... James Douglas is the name of: ...

E

• Von Ebner's glands – Victor von Ebner
• Edinger-Westphal nucleus – Ludwig Edinger and Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal
• Eustachian tube – Bartolomeo Eustachi

Human Von Ebners Gland. ... Anton Gilbert Victor von Ebner, Ritter von Rosenstein (February 4, 1842 - March 20, 1925) was an Austrian anatomist and histologist who was a native of Bregenz. ... The Edinger-Westphal nucleus is the accessory parasympathetic nucleus of the oculomotor nerve, supplying the constricting muscles of the iris. ... Ludwig Edinger (* 13. ... Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal (born March 23, 1833; died January 27, 1890) was a German neurologist and psychiatrist from Berlin. ... The Eustachian tube (or auditory tube) is a tube that links the pharynx to the middle ear. ... Bartolomeo Eustachi (b. ...

F

• Fallopian tube – Gabriele Falloppio

The Fallopian tubes, also known as oviducts, uterine tubes, and salpinges (singular salpinx) are two very fine tubes leading from the ovaries of female mammals into the uterus. ... Gabriele Falloppio Gabriele Falloppio (1523- October 9, 1562), often known by his Latin name Fallopius, was one of the most important anatomists and physicians of the sixteenth century; he was born at Modena, Italy in 1523; he died October 9, 1562 at Padua. ...

G

• Gallaudet's fascia
• Gartner's duct – Hermann Gartner
• Fossa of Geraldi
• Gerdy's Fibers – Pierre Nicolas Gerdy
• Gerota Capsule – Dumitru Gerota
• Glisson's capsule – Francis Glisson
• Golgi apparatus and Golgi receptor – Camillo Golgi
• Graafian follicle – Regnier de Graaf
• Gräfenberg spot (G-spot) – Ernst Gräfenberg
• Great vein of Galen – Galen, an ancient Greek physician

Gartners duct is a potential embryological remnant in human female development of the mesonephric ducts. ... This is a list of human anatomical parts named after people. ... Pierre Nicolas Gerdy (May 1, 1797 - March 18, 1856) was a French physician who was a native of Loches. ... The kidney and the adipose capsule are enclosed in a sheath of fibrous tissue continuous with the subperitoneal fascia, and named the renal fascia (also known as Gerotas fascia after the Romanian anatomist Dimitrie Gerota). ... Text taken from http://ro. ... Glissons capsule is a collagenous capsule covering the external surface of the liver. ... Francis Glisson Francis Glisson (1597–October 14, 1677) was a British physician, anatomist, and writer on medical subjects. ... Micrograph of Golgi apparatus, visible as a stack of semicircular black rings near the bottom. ... Organ of Golgi (neurotendinous spindle) from the human tendo calcaneus. ... Camillo Golgi, 1906. ... Ovarian follicles or Graafian follicles (after Regnier de Graaf) are the roughly spherical cell aggregations in the ovary containing an ovum and from which the egg is released during ovulation. ... Regnier de Graaf Regnier de Graaf (b. ... Female internal reproductive anatomy. ... Ernst Gräfenberg (26 September 1881 in Adelebsen near Göttingen - 28 October 1957 in New York) was a German-born medical doctor and scientist. ... Vein of Galen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... For other uses, see Galen (disambiguation). ...

H

• Hasner's Fold – Joseph Hasner
• Spiral valves of Heister – Lorenz Heister
• Loop of Henle – F. G. J. Henle
• Canals of Hering – Karl Ewald Konstantin Hering
• Hering's nerve – Heinrich Ewald Hering
• Herring bodies – Percy Theodore Herring
• Heschl's gyri – Richard L. Heschl
• Hesselbach's triangle – Franz Kaspar Hesselbach
• Antrum of Highmore – Nathaniel Highmore
• Bundle of His – Wilhelm His, Jr.
• Houston's muscle – John Houston
• Canal of Huguier – Pierre Charles Huguier
• Hurthle cell – Karl Hurthle

Joseph Hasner, Ritter von Artha (August 13, 1819 - 1892) was an Austrian ophthalmologist who was a native of Prague. ... Spiral valves of Heister are undulating folds or valves in the proximal mucosa of the cystic duct. ... Lorenz Heister (Latin: Laurentius Heister) (September 19, 1683 - April 18, 1758) was a German anatomist, surgeon and botanist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. ... In the kidney, the loop of Henle is the portion of the nephron that leads from the proximal convoluted tubule to the distal convoluted tubule. ... Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (b. ... The Canals of Hering, or intrahepatic bile ductules, are part of the outflow system of exocrine bile product from the liver. ... Ewald Hering (full name Karl Ewald Konstantin Hering) (August 5, 1834 - January 26, 1918) was a German physiologist who did much research into color vision and spatial perception. ... Herring bodies are structures found in the posterior pituitary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The transverse temporal gyri (also called Heschls gyri) are found in the area of primary auditory cortex in the superior temporal gyrus of the human brain. ... Richard Ladislaus Heschl (July 5, 1824, Welsdorf ([1]), near Fürstenfeld, Steiermark - May 26, 1881, Wien) was an Austrian anatomist. ... Hesselbachs triangle (not labeled) is defined by the inferior epigastric vessels, inguinal ligament and rectus abdominis muscle. ... Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (January 27, 1759 - July 24, 1816} was a German surgeon and anatomist who was a native of Hammelburg. ... Maxillary sinuses (or Antrum of Highmore) are cavities within the maxilla, the bone that forms the lower face/upper jaw. ... Sir Nathaniel Joseph Highmore GBE KCB (13 November 1844–16 April 1924) was a senior British civil servant and government barrister. ... The bundle of His is a collection of heart muscle cells specialized for electrical conduction that transmits the electrical impulses from the AV node (located between the atria and the ventricles) to the point of the apex of the fascicular branches. ... Wilhelm His, Jr. ... John Houston is the name of: John W. Houston (1814-1896) U.S. Representative from Delaware Categories: | ... A Hürthle cell (also known as Askanazy cell) is an oncocytic cell in the thyroid that is often associated with Hashimotos thyroiditis as well as follicular thyroid cancer. ...

K

• Kerckring's valves – Theodor Kerckring
• Kernohan notch – James Watson Kernohan
• Kiesselbach's plexus – Wilhelm Kiesselbach
• Pores of Kohn – Hans Kohn
• Krause's end-bulbs – Wilhelm Krause
• Kupffer cells – Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer

The circular folds (valves of Kerkring) are large valvular flaps projecting into the lumen of the bowel. ... Theodor Kerckring (1640-1693) was a Dutch anatomist. ... James Watson Kernohan (1897-1981) was an Irish-American pathologist from County Antrim in Ireland (now Northern Ireland). ... Kiesselbachs plexus aka Kiesselbachs area (Wilhelm Kiesselbach, 1839-1902, German laryngologist), area in the anteroinferior part of the nasal septum, supplied by the sphenopalatine, greater palatine, superior labial and anterior ethmoid arteries. ... Adjacent alveoli have numerous interalveolar connections or pores which function as a means of collateral ventilation; that is, if the lung is partially deflated, ventilation can occur to some extent through these pores. ... The bulboid corpuscles (end-bulbs of Krause) are minute cylindrical or oval bodies, consisting of a capsule formed by the expansion of the connective-tissue sheath of a medullated fiber, and containing a soft semifluid core in which the axis-cylinder terminates either in a bulbous extremity or in a... Wilhelm Krause (July 12, 1833) - February 4, 1910) was a German anatomist who was born in Hannover. ... Kupffer cells are reticulendothelial cells located in the liver. ... Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (born 14 November 1829, Lesten, near Mitau in Kurland, now part of Latvia, died 16 December 1902, Munich) was a German anatomist who discovered stellate macrophage cells that bear his name. ...

L

• Canals of Lambert – Margaret Waugh Lambert
• Islets of Langerhans and Langerhans cell – Paul Langerhans
• Langhans giant cell - Theodor Langhans [1]
• Langer's lines
• Leydig Cells – Franz Leydig
• Crypts of Lieberkühn – Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn
• Lissauer's tract – Heinrich Lissauer
• Urethral glands of Littré – Alexis Littré
• Lockwood's ligament – Charles Barrett Lockwood
• Angle of Louis – Antoine Louis
• Lovibond's angle
• Lund's node
• Crypts of Luschka, Ducts of Luschka, Foramina of Luschka, and Luschka's joints – Hubert von Luschka

A porcine islet of Langerhans. ... Langerhans cells are immature dendritic cells containing large granules called Birbeck granules. ... Paul Langerhans (1847 - 1888) was a famous German pathologist and biologist. ... Langhans giant cells are large cells found in granulomatous conditions. ... Langer Line Diagram Langers lines are lines which can be extrapolated by connecting linear openings made when a round pin is driven into the skin of a cadaver, resulting from the principal axis of orientation of the subcutaneous connective tissue (collagen) fibres of the dermis; they vary in direction... Leydig cells, also known as interstitial cells of Leydig, are found adjacent to the seminiferous tubules in the testes. ... Media:Example. ... The crypts of Lieberkühn are glands found in the epithelial lining of the small intestine. ... Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn (September 5, 1711, Berlin - October 7. ... The posterolateral tract (fasciculus of Lissauer, tract of Lissauer, dorsolateral fasciculus) is a small strand situated in relation to the tip of the posterior column close to the entrance of the posterior nerve roots. ... Heinrich Lissauer (September 12, 1861 - September 21, 1891) was a German neurologist who was born in Neidenburg (today Nidzica, Poland). ... The term urethral gland (or Littre gland, or preputial glands) is used to refer to any of the many glands that branch off of the wall of the urethra of male mammals. ... Alexis Littré (July 21, 1658 - February 3, 1726) was a French anatomist. ... Charles Barrett Lockwood (September 23, 1856 - November 8, 1914) was a British surgeon and anatomist who practiced surgery at St. ... The sternal angle is the angle formed by the junction of the manubrium and the body of the sternum. ... Antoine Louis (February 13, 1723 - May 20, 1792) was a French surgeon and physiologist who was born in Metz. ... The Luschkas crypts are mucous membrane indentations of inner wall of the gall bladder. ... The ducts of Luschka (also called supravesicular ducts) are small bile ducts in the posterior wall of the gallbladder (the gallbladder bed), some connected to a subsegmental area of the liver with bile ducts but none connected with the lumen of the gallbladder; they may be aberrant bile ducts. ... The two lateral apertures (or foramina of Luschka), along with the median aperture, comprise the three openings in the roof of the fourth ventricle. ... In anatomy, Luschkas joints are formed between uncinate processes above and uncus below, synovial. ... Hubert von Luschka (1820 - 1875) was a German anatomist. ...

M

• Macewen's triangle – Sir William Macewen
• Foramen of Magendie – François Magendie
• Veins of Mayo
• McBurney's point – Charles McBurney
• Malpighian corpuscle – Marcello Malpighi
• Meckel's cartilage and Meckel's diverticulum– Johann Friedrich Meckel
• Meibomian glands – Heinrich Meibom
• Meissner's corpuscle and Meissner's plexus – Georg Meissner
• Merkel cell – Friedrich Sigmund Merkel
• Meyer's loop
• Möll's gland and Space of Möll – Jacob A. Möll
• Foramina of Monro – Alexander Monro
• Glands of Montgomery – William Fetherstone Montgomery
• Hydatids of Morgagni, and Lacunae of Morgagni – Giovanni Battista Morgagni
• Morison's pouch – James Rutherford Morison
• Müllerian ducts – Johannes Peter Müller
• Mahdi Nerve- Dr. Mahdi Hasan

The foveola suprameatica is an anatomical structure of the human temporal bone, also called suprameatal pit, fossa suprameatalis, supramastoid fossa or suprameatal triangle. ... Sir William Macewen (June 22, 1848-March 22, 1924) was a Scottish surgeon who was a pioneer in modern brain surgery. ... ... François Magendie (1783 - 1855), French physiologist. ... McBurneys point is the name given to the point over the right side of the human abdomen that is one-third the distance from the ASIS (anterior superior iliac spine) to the umbilicus. ... Charles Brian Montagu McBurney (18 June 1914–14 December 1979) was an American archaeologist who spent most of his working life in England. ... There are at least two anatomical structures called a Malpighian corpuscle. ... Marcello Malpighi (March 10, 1628 - September 30, 1694) was an Italian doctor, who gave his name to several physiological features. ... The cartilaginous bar of the mandibular arch is formed by what are known as Meckel’s cartilages (right and left) ; above this the incus is developed. ... A Meckels diverticulum is a true congenital diverticulum. ... Johann Friedrich Meckel, often referred to as Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Younger (October 17, 1781 - October 31, 1833) was a German anatomist who was born in Halle. ... The Meibomian glands (or tarsal glands) are a special kind of sebaceous glands at the rim of the eyelids, responsible for the supply of sebum, an oily substance that prevents evaporation of the eyes tear film. ... Heinrich Meibom (December 4, 1555 - September 20, 1625), German historian and poet, was born at Lemgo. ... Meissners corpuscles (discovered by the anatomist Georg Meissner (1829-1903) are a type of mechanoreceptor and more specifically, a tactile corpuscle(corpusculum tactus). ... The nerves of the small intestines are derived from the plexuses of sympathetic nerves around the superior mesenteric artery. ... Georg Meissner was the discoverer of Meissners corpuscles. ... Merkel cells are large oval cells found in the skin of vertebrates. ... Friedrich Sigmund Merkel (1845 – 1919) was a leading German anatomist and histopathologist of the late 19th century. ... Right superior quadrantanopia. ... Glands of Moll are modified, apocrine sweat glands that are found on the margin of the eyelid. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... In the brain, the interventricular foramina (or foramina of Monro) are channels that connect the paired lateral ventricles with the third ventricle at the midline of the brain. ... Three generations of distinguished Scots physicians — grandfather, father, and son — were all called Alexander Monro. ... Glands of Montgomery are sebaceous glands in the areola (of the nipple). ... The Hydatid of Morgagni can refer to one of two closely related structures: Appendix testis (in the male) Vesicular appendages of epoophoron (in the female) Category: ... Lacunae of Morgagni, also called the urethral lacunae of the male urethra (lacunae urethralis, urethrae masculinae or the crypts of Morgagni) are small depressions or recesses on the surface of the mucous membrane of the urethra. ... Giovanni Battista Morgagni (February 25, 1682 - December 6, 1771), Italian anatomist, was born on at ForIi. ... The Müllerian ducts are paired ducts of the embryo which empty into the cloaca, and which in the female develop into the upper vagina, cervix, uterus and oviducts; in the male they disappear except for the vestigial vagina masculina and the appendix testis. ... Johannes Peter Müller (July 14, 1801, Koblenz – April 28, 1858, Berlin), was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, and ichthyologist not only known for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge. ...

N

• Nissl bodies or granules and Nissl substance – Franz Nissl (all terms now rarely used)

Nissl bodies (or Nissls substance) are structures found in the cell which contain chromophil. ... Franz Nissl Franz Nissl (1860-1919) was born in Frankenthal in the Bavarian Palatinate, the son of Theodor Nissl and Maria Haas. ...

O

• Sphincter of Oddi – Ruggero Oddi
• Nucleus of Onufrowicz

The Sphincter of tOddi, also called the hepatopancreatic sphincter or Glissons sphincter, controls secretions from the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder into the duodenum of the small intestine. ... Ruggero Oddi born (July 20, 1864 - March 22, 1913) was an Italian physiologist and anatomist who was a native of Perugia. ...

P

• Pacinian corpuscles – Filippo Pacini
• Paneth cells – Joseph Paneth
• Papez circuit – James Papez
• Peyer's patches – Johann Conrad Peyer
• Poupart's ligament – François Poupart
• Prussak's space – Alexander Prussak
• Purkinje cells – Jan E. Purkinje

A Pacinian corpuscle is a structure that functions as a mechanoreceptor. ... This microscope slide, prepared by Pacini in 1854, was clearly identified as containing the cholera bacillus. ... Paneth cells provide host defense against microbes in the small intestine. ... Joseph Paneth (1857-1890) was an Austrian physiologist from Vienna. ... Papez Circuit Described by James Papez in 1937, the Papez circuit of the brain is one of the major pathways of the limbic system. ... Dr. James Papez Dr. James Papez (1883-1958) was a famous American neuroanatomist. ... Peyers patches are secondary lymphoid organs, named after the 17th-century Swiss anatomist Johann Conrad Peyer. ... Johann Conrad Peyer (December 26, 1653 - February 29, 1712) was a Swiss anatomist who was a native of Schaffhausen. ... Inguinal ligament (right side) from the inside of abdomen. ... In human anatomy, Prussaks Space is the small middle ear recess, bordered laterally by the flaccid part of Shrapnells membrane, superiorly by the scutum and lateral mallear ligament, inferiorly by the short process of the malleus, and medially by the neck of the malleus. ... Drawing of pigeon Purkinje cells (A) by Santiago Ramon y Cajal Purkinje cells are a class of GABAergic neuron located in the cerebellar cortex. ... Jan Evangelista Purkyně (also written Johannes Evangelists Purkinje,  listen?) (1787 - 1869) was a Czech anatomist, patriot, and physiologist. ...

R

• Node of Ranvier – Louis-Antoine Ranvier
• Rathke's pouch – Martin Heinrich Rathke
• Reichert cartilage – Karl Bogislaus Reichert
• Renshaw cells
• Space of Retzius and Veins of Retzius – Anders Retzius
• Riedel's lobe – Bernhard Moritz Carl Ludwig Riedel
• Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses – Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky and Ludwig Aschoff
• Rolandic fissure and fissure of Rolando – Luigi Rolando
• Rotter's lymph nodes – Josef Rotter
• Ruffini's corpuscles – Angelo Ruffini
• Rutherford Morrison's subhepatic space

Nodes of Ranvier are regularly spaced gaps in the myelin sheath around an axon or nerve fiber. ... Louis-Antoine Ranvier (b. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Martin Heinrich Rathke (1793 - 1860) was a German embryologist and anatomist. ... Karl/Carl Bogislaus Reichert (December 20, 1811, Rastenburg, East Prussia (now KÄ™trzyn, Warmia-Masuria, Poland) - December 21, 1883, Berlin) was a German anatomist. ... Renshaw cells are located in the spinal cord horn. ... Retropubic space is a location between the pubic symphysis and urinary bladder. ... Anders Retzius (Lund October 13, 1796 – Stockholm April 18, 1860), was a Swedish professor of anatomy and a supervisor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. ... Bernhard Moritz Carl Ludwig Riedel (September 18, 1846 - September 12, 1916) was a German surgeon who was a native of Teschentin, Grossherzogtum Mecklenburg. ... Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses are diverticula or pockets of the gallbladder They are not of themselves considered abnormal, but they can be associated with cholecystitis. ... Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky (Czech: Karel Rokytanský) (b. ... Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff (January 10 in Berlin, Germany, 1866 – June 24, 1942 in Freiburg, Germany) was a German physician and pathologist. ... Central sulcus of the human brain. ... Central sulcus of the human brain. ... Ruffini Endings are one of the four main cutaneous mechanoreceptors. ... Angelo Ruffini (1864-1929) was an Italian histologist and embryologist. ...

S

• Duct of Santorini – Giovanni Domenico Santorini
• Schatzki's ring – Richard Schatzki
• Sertoli cell – Enrico Sertoli
• Sharpey's fibres – William Sharpey
• Schlieter's Shins
• Shrapnell's membrane – Henry Jones Shrapnell
• Sideburns – General Ambrose Burnside (for his distinctive whiskers)
• Skene's gland – Alexander Skene
• Spigelian fascia – Adriaan van den Spiegel
• Stensen's duct – Niels Stensen
• Sylvian aqueduct

The pancreatic duct, or duct of Wirsung, is a duct joining the pancreas to the common bile duct to supply pancreatic juices which aid in digestion provided by the exocrine pancreas. The pancreatic duct joins the biliary tract just prior to the ampulla of Vater. ... Giovanni Domenico Santorini (June 6, 1681 - May 7, 1737) was an Italian anatomist who received his medical doctorate from Pisa in 1701. ... Schatzkis Ring are mucosal rings in the distal esophagus. ... Richard Schatzki (1901-1992) was a German-American radiologist. ... A Sertoli cell (a kind of sustentacular cell) is a nurse cell of the testes which is part of a seminiferous tubule. ... Enrico Sertoli (June 6, 1842 - January 28, 1910) was an Italian physiologist and histologist who was a native of Sondrio. ... Sharpeys fibres (bone fibres, or perforating fibres) are a matrix of connective tissue consisting of bundles of strong collagenous fibres connecting periosteum to bone. ... William Sharpey (1802-1880) was an English anatomist. ... In human anatomy, Shrapnells membrane (also known as Rivinus’ ligament) is the small, triangular, flaccid portion of the tympanic membrane lying above the malleolar folds, attached directly to the petrous bone at the notch of Rivinus. ... Henry Jones Shrapnell (1792-1834) was an English anatomist. ... Sideburns (or colloquially sideboards[1] or mutton chops[2]) are patches of facial hair on the sides of a mans face, in front of the ears. ... Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator. ... In human anatomy, the Skenes glands (also known as the lesser vestibular, periurethral glands, or paraurethral glands[1]) are glands located on the upper wall of the vagina, around the lower end of the urethra. ... Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (1838-1900) was an American gynecologist. ... A Spigelian hernia (or lateral ventral hernia) is a hernia through the spigelian fascia, which is the aponeurotic layer between the rectus abdominis muscle medially, and the semilunar line laterally. ... Adriaan van den Spiegel, name sometimes written as Adrianus Spigelius (1578 - April 7, 1625) was a Flemish anatomist who was born in Brussels. ... Stensens duct is another name for the duct of the parotid gland that allows saliva to drain from the parotid gland to the oral cavity. ... Nicolaus Steno. ... The mesencephalic duct, also known as the aqueduct of Sylvius or the cerebral aqueduct, contains cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), is within the mesencephalon (or midbrain) and connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon to the fourth ventricle, which is between the pons and cerebellum. ...

T

• Thorel's pathway
• White lines of Toldt – Carl Toldt
• Traube's space – Ludwig Traube
• Ligament of Trietz – Václav Treitz

Carl Toldt (1840-1920) was an Austrian physician who was a professor of anatomy at the University of Vienna. ... Traubes (semilunar) space is an anatomic region of some clinical importance. ... Ludwig Traube (* 12 January 1818 Ratibor, Silesia, now Racibórz, Polen, † 11 April 1876 Berlin) was a German physician and co-founder of the experimental pathology in Germany. ... The suspensory muscle of the duodenum is the proper name of what is commonly known as the ligament of Treitz, and it refers to tissue that connects the duodenum of the small intestines to the diaphragm. ... Václav Treitz (also Wenzel Treitz) (1819-1872) was an Austrian pathologist who was a native of Hostomice, Bohemia. ...

V

• Ampulla of Vater – Abraham Vater
• Virchow-Robin spaces – Rudolf Virchow and Charles-Philippe Robin
• Virchow's node – Rudolf Virchow

The Ampulla of Vater is the part of the duodenum where the common bile duct empties into the second part of the duodenum, so named because it has the appearance of an ampulla. ... Abraham Vater (December 9, 1684 - (November 18, 1751) was a German anatomist born in Wittenberg. ... spaces (often only potential) that surround blood vessels for a short distance as they enter the brain; their inner wall is formed by a prolongation of a membrane like the arachnoid, and the outer wall by a continuation of the pia; the intervening channel communicates with the subarachnoid space. ... Dr. R.L.K. Virchow Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (October 13, 1821, Schivelbein (Pomerania) - September 5, 1902, Berlin) was a German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician. ... Charles-Philippe Robin (June 4, 1821 - October 5, 1885) was a French physician who was a professor at the University of Paris. ... In medicine (oncology), Virchows node is an enlarged, hard, left supraclavicular lymph node which can contain metastasis of visceral malignancy. ... Dr. R.L.K. Virchow Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (October 13, 1821, Schivelbein (Pomerania) - September 5, 1902, Berlin) was a German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician. ...

W

• Waldeyer's throat – Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz
• Wenckebach's bundle – Karel Frederik Wenckebach
• Wernicke's area – Karl Wernicke
• Wharton's duct and Wharton's jelly – Thomas Wharton
• Circle of Willis – Thomas Willis
• Foramen of Winslow – Jean-Jacques Bénigne Winslow
• Duct of Wirsung – Johann Georg Wirsung
• Wolffian duct – Kaspar Friedrich Wolff
• Wormian bones – Ole Worm

Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz (born October 6, 1836, Hehlen an der Weser, Braunschweig, Germany; died January 23, 1921, Berlin) was a German anatomist, famous for consolidating the neuron theory of organization of the nervous system and for naming the chromosome. ... Karel Frederik Wenckebach (March 24, 1864 - November 11, 1940) was a Dutch anatomist who was a native of the Hague. ... Wernickes area is a part of the human brain that forms part of the cortex, on the left posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus, encircling the auditory cortex, on the Sylvian fissure (part of the brain where the temporal lobe and parietal lobe meet). ... Carl Wernicke -- 1848-1905. ... The submaxillary duct (Whartons duct, Submandibular duct) is about 5 cm. ... Whartons jelly is a gelatinous substance within the umbilical cord. ... Thomas Wharton, PhD, (born c. ... The circle of Willis (also called the cerebral arterial circle or arterial circle of Willis) is a circle of arteries that supply blood to the brain. ... Thomas Willis Thomas Willis (1621-1673) was an English physician who played an important part in the history of the science of anatomy and was a co-founder of the Royal Society (1662). ... In human anatomy, the foramen of Winslow (named after the anatomist Jean-Jacques Bénigne Winslow), also known as the epiploic foramen and foramen epiploicum (Latin), is the passage of communication, or foramen, between the greater sac, the general cavity (of the abdomen), and the lesser sac, the omental bursa. ... Jacob B. Winsløw, also known as Jacques-Bénigne Winslow, Danish-born anatomist (born 1669, Odense, died 1760, Paris). ... The pancreatic duct, or duct of Wirsung, is a duct joining the pancreas to the common bile duct to supply pancreatic juices which aid in digestion provided by the exocrine pancreas. The pancreatic duct joins the biliary tract just prior to the ampulla of Vater. ... Johann Georg Wirsung (July 3, 1589 - 1643) was a German anatomist who was a long-time Prosector in Padua. ... The Wolffian duct (also known as archinephric duct, Leydigs duct, mesonephric duct, or nephric duct) is a paired organ found in mammals including humans during embryogenesis. ... Caspar Friedrich Wolff (January 18, 1734 in Berlin, Germany - February 22, 1794 in St. ... In addition to the usual centers of ossification of the cranium, others may occur, giving rise to irregular isolated bones termed sutural or Wormian bones. ... Ole Worm Ole Worm (May 13, 1588 – August 31, 1654), (pronounced Olay Vorm) who often went by the Latinized form of his name Olaus Wormius, was a Danish physician and antiquary. ...

Z

• Zonule of Zinn – Johann Gottfried Zinn

The zonule of Zinn is a ring of fibrous strands connecting the ciliary body with the crystalline lens of the eye. ... Johann Gottfried Zinn Zinnia Friedrichstraße 2 in Schwabach]] Johann Gottfried Zinn (Schwabach, Dec 6 1727 - †Göttingen, April 6, 1759) was a german anatomist and botanist member of the Berlin Academy Biography Considering his short life span, Johann Gottfried Zinn made a great contribution to anatomy. ...

See also

• List of eponymous diseases
• List of eponymous medical signs
• List of eponymous medical treatments
• Lists of etymologies
• Human anatomy
• List of anatomical topics

An eponymous disease is one that has been named after the person who first described the condition. ... Eponymous medical signs are medical signs that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient with the signs. ... This is a list of etymological lists. ... List of bones of the human skeleton Human anatomy is primarily the scientific study of the morphology of the adult human body. ... This page aims to list articles related to anatomy. ...

External links

• Whonamedit, name origins in the medical field