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Karl Wilhelm Zimmermann
German anatomist and histologist, born April 10, 1861, Neunkirchen, Saargebiet; died 1935.
Associated eponyms:
Polkissen of Zimmermann
Mesangial cells that fill the triangular space between the macula densa and the afferent and efferent arterioles of the juxtaglomerular apparatus.
Zimmermann's arch
A rudimentary arch of the embryo.
Zimmermann's elementary particle
An old term for platelet.
Zimmermann-Laband syndrome
An extremely rare inherited syndrome of gingival fibromatosis, associated with hypoplasia of the distal phalanges, nail dysplasia, joint hypermobility, and sometimes hepatosplenomegaly.
Biography:
Karl Wilhelm Zimmermann studied in Berlin from 1882 and received his doctorate in 1887. Turning to anatomy, Zimmermann from 1894 to 1927 was an assistant in the anatomical institutes at Greifswald and Berlin, as well as prosector at Giessen and in Bern, Switzerland. He became Dozent of anatomy at Bern in 1894. From 1898 he was professor extraordinary, and in 1927 he was appointed ordinary professor as well as director of the anatomical institute in Bern.
Bibliography:
- Die Speicheldrüsen der Mundhöhle und die Bauchspeicheldrüse.
Handbuch der mikroskopischen Anatomie des Menschen, volume 5, 1; Berlin, 1926.
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