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Vincent Alexander Bochdalek
Cszech anatomist, born 1801; died February 3, 1883, Leitmeritz. Prag.
His first name is also given as Vincenc and Vincenz.
Associated eponyms:
Bochdalek's cyst
A congenital cyst at the root of the tongue.
Bochdalek's flower basket
Part of the choroid plexus of the fourth ventricle protruding through the lateral bursa (recessus laterailis) of the fourth ventricle (Luschka's foramen).
Bochdalek's foramen
A congenital defective opening through the diaphragm, connecting pleural and peritoneal cavities.
Bochdalek's ganglion
A ganglion of dental nerve in the maxilla above the root of the canine teeth.
Bochdalek's hernia
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia which allows protrusion of abdominal viscera into the chest.
Bochdalek's triangle
The lumbocostal triangle, a triangle-shaped slit in the muscle plate between Pars lumbalis og Pars sternalis in diaphragma and the 12th rib.
Bochdalek's valve
A fold of membrane in the lacrimal duct near the punctum lacrimale.
Vater's duct
A duct that in the embryo connects the thyroid diverticulum and the posterior part of the tongue.
Biography:
Vincenz Alexander Bochdalek obtained his doctorate in 1833 in Prague, where he was later professor of anatomy for several decades. He retired in 1874, settling in Leitmeritz. His son, Victor Bochdalek (1835-1868), became a prominent physician in his own right.
Bibliography:
- Anleitung zur praktischen Zergliederung des menschlichen Gehirns nebst einer anatomischen Beschreibung desselben mit besondererRücksicht auf das kleine Gehirn. 1833.
- Neue Untersuchungen und genaue Würdigung der Nerven des Ober- und Unterkiefers.
Medizinische Jahrbücher des kaiserlich-königlichen österreichischen Staates, Wien, 1836, 19: 223-240.
(With the description of the Ganglion supramaxillare)
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