List of human anatomical parts named after people
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This is a list of human anatomical parts named after people.
- For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.
- For a list of eponyms sorted by name see List of eponyms.
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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.
A
- Achilles' tendon – Achilles, Greek mythological character
- Adam's apple – Adam, Biblical character
- Alcock's canal (pudendal canal)
- Artery of Adamkiewicz
- Auerbach's plexus
B
- Bachmann's bundle
- Bartholin's gland – Caspar Bartholin the Younger
- Batson's plexus
- Duct of Bellini - Giovanni Bellini
- Renal columns of Bertin
- Betz cells
- Billroth's cords - Theodor Billroth
- Bowman's capsule and Bowman's membrane – Sir William Bowman
- Broca's area – Paul Pierre Broca
- Brodmann's areas - Korbinian Brodmann
- Brunner's glands
- Buck's fascia
C
- Cajal cells – Santiago Ramón y Cajal
- Castle intrinsic factor – William Bosworth Castle
- Charcot-Bouchard aneurysms – Jean-Martin Charcot, 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
D
- Darwin's tubercle
- Campbell de Morgan spots
- Denonvillier's fascia
- Space of Disse
- Pouch of Douglas – James Douglas
E
F
G
- Gallaudet's fascia
- Gartner's duct – Hermann Gartner
- Fossa of Geraldi
- Gerdy's Fibers – Pierre N. Gerdy
- Gerota Capsule – Dumitru Gerota
- Glisson's capsule
- Gräfenberg spot (G-spot) – Ernst Gräfenberg
- Great vein of Galen
H
- Hasner's Fold – Joseph R. Hasner
- Spiral valves of Heister
- Loop of Henle – F. G. J. Henle
- Canals of Hering
- Hering's nerve
- Herring bodies
- Heschl's gyri
- Hesselbach's triangle
- Bundle of His – Wilhelm His, Jr.
- Houston's muscle – John Houston
K
- Kerckring's valves
- Kernohan notch
- Kiesselbach's plexus
- Pores of Kohn
- Krause's end-bulbs
- Kupffer cells
L
- Canals of Lambert
- Islets of Langerhans – Paul Langerhans
- Langer's lines
- Langhans giant cell
- Crypts of Lieberkühn
- Lissauer's tract
- Urethral glands of Littré
- Angle of Louis – Antoine Louis
- Lovibond's angle
- Lund's node
- Crypts of Luschka – Hubert von Luschka
- Ducts of Luschka – Hubert von Luschka
- Foramina of Luschka – Hubert von Luschka
- Luschka's joints – Hubert von Luschka
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
- Meckel's diverticulum – Johann Friedrich Meckel
- Meissner corpuscles – Georg Meissner
- Meissner's plexus
- Meyer's loop
- Moll's gland – Jacob A. Moll
- Foramina of Monro
- Glands of Montgomery
- Morgagni's hernia - Giovanni Battista Morgagni
- Hydatids of Morgagni
- Lacunae of Morgagni
- Morrison's pouch
- Müllerian ducts – Joh. Müller
O
P
- Paneth cells
- Papez circuit
- Peyer's patches – Johann K. Peyer
- Poupart's ligament
- Prussak's space – Alexander Prussak
- Purkinje cells – Jan E. Purkinje
R
- Node of Ranvier
- Rathke's pouch
- Reichert cartilage
- Renshaw cells
- Space of Retzius
- Veins of Retzius
- Richter's hernia
- Riedel's lobe
- Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses
- Rolandic fissure; fissure of Rolando
- Rotter's lymph nodes
- Ruffini's corpuscles
S
- Duct of Santorini
- Schatzki's ring
- Sideburns – General Ambrose Burnside who had distinctive whiskers
- Skene's gland – Alexander Skene
- Spigelian hernia
- Stensen's duct
- Sylvian aqueduct
T
V
W
- Waldeyer's throat
- Wenckebach's bundle
- Wernicke's area – Karl Wernicke
- Wharton's duct
- Wharton's jelly
- Circle of Willis – Thomas Willis
- Foramen of Winslow
- Duct of Wirsung
- Wolffian duct – Kaspar Friedrich Wolff
- Wormian bones – Ole Worm
See also
- List of eponymous diseases
- List of eponymous medical signs
- List of eponymous medical treatments
- Human anatomy
- List of anatomical topics
External link
- Name origins in the medical field (http://www.whonamedit.com)