List of human anatomical parts named after people
This is a list of human anatomical parts named after people. These are often called eponyms .
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.
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B
Bachmann's bundle – Jean George Bachmann (1877–1959), German-American physiologistBalbiani bodies – Édouard-Gérard Balbiani Bartholin's gland – Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655–1738), Danish anatomistBatson's plexus – Oscar Vivian Batson (1894–1979), American anatomistLong thoracic nerve of Bell – Sir Charles Bell (1774–1842), Scottish surgeon-anatomistDuct of Bellini – Lorenzo Bellini (1643–1704), Italian anatomistRenal columns of Bertin – Exupere Joseph Bertin (1712–1781), French anatomistBetz cells – Vladimir Alekseyevich Betz (1834–1894), Ukrainian histologistBillroth's cords – Theodor Billroth (1829–1894), Austrian surgeonBowman's capsule and Bowman's layer – Sir William Bowman (1816–1892), English surgeon-anatomistBroca's area – Paul Broca (1824–1880), French surgeon-anatomistBrodmann's areas – Korbinian Brodmann (1868–1918), German neurologistBrunner's glands – Johann Conrad Brunner (1653–1727), Swiss anatomistBuck's fascia – Gurdon Buck (1807–1877), American surgeon
C
Cajal cell – Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), Spanish pathologistCajal–Retzius cell – Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Gustaf Retzius (1842–1919), Swedish histologistCalyx of Held – Hans Held (1866–1942), German AnatomistCalot's triangle – Jean-François Calot (1861–1944), French surgeonFascia of Camper - Petrus Camper (1722-1789), Dutch physician, anatomist, physiologist, midwife, zoologist, anthropologist, palaeontologist and a naturalistChassaignac tubercle – Charles Marie Édouard Chassaignac (1804–1879), French physicianClara cell – Max Clara (1899–1966), German anatomist (renamed to Club cell after Max Clara's Nazi activities were discovered)
Cloquet's canal – Jules Cloquet (1790–1883), French AnatomistColles' fascia – Abraham Colles (1773–1843), Irish surgeonCooper's fascia – Astley Cooper (1768–1841), English surgeonInguinal ligament of Cooper or Cooper's iliopectineal ligament – Astley Cooper Cooper's suspensory ligaments – Astley Cooper Organ of Corti – Alfonso Corti (1822–1876), Italian microanatomistCowper's glands – William Cowper (1666–1709), English surgeon-anatomistCuvier ducts – Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), French Naturalist and comparative anatomistCanals of Lambert - described by Lambert in 1955
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E
F
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Hartmann's pouch – Henri Hubert Vadim Hartmann (1860–1952), German SurgeonHasner's Fold – Joseph Hasner (1819–1892), Austrian ophthalmologistHaversian canal – Clopton Havers (1657–1702), English physicianSpiral valves of Heister – Lorenz Heister (1683–1758), German surgeon-anatomistLoop of Henle – F. G. J. Henle (1809–1885), German pathologistCanals of Hering – Karl Ewald Konstantin Hering (1834–1918), German physiologistHering's nerve – Heinrich Ewald Hering (1866–1948), Austrian physicianHerring bodies – Percy Theodore Herring (1872–1967), English physiologistHeschl's gyri – Richard L. Heschl (1824–1881), Austrian anatomistHesselbach's triangle – Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (1759–1816), German surgeon-anatomistAntrum of Highmore – Nathaniel Highmore (1613–1685), English surgeon-anatomistBundle of His – Wilhelm His, Jr. (1863–1934), Swiss cardiologistHouston's muscle (Bulbocavernous Penile Fibers) – John Houston (1802–1845), Irish anatomistHouston's valves – John Houston (1802-1845), Irish anatomistCanal of Huguier – Pierre Charles Huguier (1804–1878), French surgeon-gynecologistHurthle cell – Karl Hürthle (1860–1945), German histologist
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K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
V
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Waldeyer's tonsillar ring – Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836–1921), German anatomistWeibel–Palade body – Ewald R. Weibel (1929–2019), Swiss biologist, and George Emil Palade (1912–2008), Romanian-American cell biologistWenckebach's bundle – Karel Frederik Wenckebach (1864–1940), Dutch anatomistWernicke's area – Karl Wernicke (1848–1905), German physician, anatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologistWharton's duct and Wharton's jelly – Thomas Wharton (1614–1673), English physician and anatomistCircle of Willis – arterial circle in base of brain – Dr. Thomas Willis (1621–1675), English physicianForamen of Winslow – Jean-Jacques Bénigne Winslow (1669–1760), Danish-born French anatomistDuct of Wirsung – Johann Georg Wirsung (1589–1643), German anatomistWolffian duct – Kaspar Friedrich Wolff (1733–1794), German physiologistWormian bones – Ole Worm (1588–1654), Danish scientist
Z
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