|
Disclaimer:
Whonamedit.com does not give medical advice.
This survey of medical eponyms and the persons behind them is meant as a general interest site only. No information found here must under any circumstances be used for medical purposes, diagnostically, therapeutically or otherwise. If you, or anybody close to you, is affected, or believe to be affected, by any condition mentioned here: see a doctor.
|
A recommendation:
Hypography is an open community about science and all things related
|
|
|
Fallopian canal
Also known as:
Aqueduct of Falloppio
Associated persons:
Gabriele Falloppio
Description:
The facial nerve passes through this canal in the temporal bone. No other nerve in the body travels such a long distance through a bony canal. Because of this bony shell around the nerve, inflammatory processes involving the central nervous system, facial nerve, and traumatic injuries to the temporal bone can produce severe complications.
Bibliography:
- Gabrielis Falloppii, medici mutinensis:
Observationes anatomicae. Venice 1561.
|
|
|
