| Eponyms in category: Anatomy |
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| (Islands of Reil) |
| The insula of the cerebral cortex. |
| Achilles' heel |
| Soft spot.
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| Achilles' tendon |
| The tendon of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles of the leg – connects the calf muscles to the heel. |
| Adams' arc |
| Arc-shaped line from trochanter minor to the lower margin of the neck of the femur.
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| Amussat's fold |
| Abnormal folds of the urethral mucous membrane at the level of the seminal colliculus. |
| Amussat's valves |
| The spiral valves of the cystic duct.
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| Andernach's ossicles |
| Small bones found in cranial sutures. |
| Andersch' ganglion |
| The petrosal ganglion of the glasopharyngeal nerve was previously called Andersch' ganglion.
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| Aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva |
| A thin-walled tubular outpouching usually in the right or noncoronary sinus |
| Angle of Louis (Louis' angle) |
| The angle formed at the junction of the manubrium and the body of the sternum. |
| Angulus Ludovici (Louis' angle) |
| The angle formed at the junction of the manubrium and the body of the sternum. |
| Aqueduct of Falloppio (Fallopian canal) |
| The facial canal. The facial nerve passes through this canal in the temporal bone. |
| Arantius' duct |
| The ductus venosus.
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| Arnold's canal |
| A passage of the petrous portion of the temporal bone for the auricular branch of the vagus. |
| Arnold's ganglion |
| The otic or auricular ganglion.
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| Aschoff's organ |
| Organ in the paradidymis. |
| Atlas |
| The first cervical vertebra by which the head articulates with the occipital bone.
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| Auerbach's plexus |
| The myenteric plexus. |
| Bandl's ring |
| The ring muscle at the border of the uterus corpus and the uterus isthmus, which is developed more pronouncedly during delivery. |
| Bandl's ring of contraction (Bandl's ring) |
| The ring muscle at the border of the uterus corpus and the uterus isthmus, which is developed more pronouncedly during delivery. |
| Bernard's canal (Claude bernard) |
| Ductus pancreaticus accesorius. An accessory pancreatic duct.
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| Bernard's glandular layer (Claude Bernard) |
| Inner layer of cells lining acinis of pancreas.
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| Billroth's cords |
| The splenic cords found in the red pulp between the sinusoids. |
| Billroth's paths (Billroth's cords) |
| The splenic cords found in the red pulp between the sinusoids. |
| Billroth's ways (Billroth's cords) |
| The splenic cords found in the red pulp between the sinusoids. |
| Blumenbach's clivus |
| Sloping part of sphenoid bone behind posterior clinoid processes.
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| Blumenbach's process |
| The uncinate process. |
| Broca's angle |
| Occipital angle of parietal lobe. |
| Broca's basilar angle (Broca's angle) |
| Occipital angle of parietal lobe. |
| Broca's facial angle (Broca's angle) |
| Occipital angle of parietal lobe. |
| Cavum Meckelli (Meckel's space) |
| The cavity, or cleft, between two layers of dura over the petrous portion of the temporal bone that encloses the roots of the trigeminal nerve and the trigeminal ganglion. |
| Cloquet's canal |
| A vestige of the embryonal A. hyolidea. |
| Cloquet's gland (Rosenmüller-Cloquet gland) |
| Small inguinal lymphatic nodes located in or adjacent to the femoral canal. |
| Cloquet's node (Rosenmüller-Cloquet gland) |
| Small inguinal lymphatic nodes located in or adjacent to the femoral canal. |
| Colles' fascia |
| Inner layer of superficial fascia – Scarpa’s fascia – of perineum. |
| Columns of Morgagni (Morgagni's columns) |
| The vertical folds in the rectum. |
| Cooper's fascia |
| One of the coverings of the spermatic cord.
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| Cooper's ligament |
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| Cooper's stripes |
| Fibrous feature between lig. collaterale radiale and u. ulnare at the distal end.
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| Cooper's suspensory ligaments (Cooper's ligament) |
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| Cotunnius' aquaduct |
| The aqueduct of the inner ear. |
| Cotunnius' columns |
| The columns in the osseous spiral lamina of the cochlea.
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| Douglas' cul-de-sac |
| Peritoneal space formed by deflection of the peritoneum. |
| Douglas' fold |
| A fold of peritoneum forming the lateral boundary of Douglas' pouch. |
| Douglas' pouch (Douglas' cul-de-sac) |
| Peritoneal space formed by deflection of the peritoneum. |
| Douglas' space (Douglas' cul-de-sac) |
| Peritoneal space formed by deflection of the peritoneum. |
| Ducts of Luschka (Luschka's ducts) |
| Small, glandlike tubular structures in the wall of the gallbladder adjacent to the liver, especially in the part covered with peritoneum. |
| Ehrenritter's ganglion |
| The superior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve. |
| Fallopian arch (Fallopian ligament) |
| A fibrous band forming the thickened lower border of the aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle between the anterosuperior spine of the ilium and the pubic tubercle. |
| Fallopian canal |
| The facial canal. The facial nerve passes through this canal in the temporal bone. |
| Fallopian ligament |
| A fibrous band forming the thickened lower border of the aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle between the anterosuperior spine of the ilium and the pubic tubercle. |
| Fallopian tube |
| One of the tubes or ducts leading on either side from the upper or outer extremity of the ovary to the fundus of the uterus. |
| Fleece of Stilling |
| Meshwork of white fibres that surrounds the dentate nucleus of the cerebellum. |
| Fontana's canal (Schlemm's canal) |
| The canal of the sclero-corneal junction. |
| Fontana's spaces |
| Irregularly shaped endothelium-lined spaces between the processus of ligamentum pectinatum of the iris. |
| Foramina of Luschka (Luschka's foramen) |
| The Foramen of 4th ventricle. One of the two lateral openings draining the fourth ventricle into the subarachnoid space at the cerebellopontine angle. |
| Gartner's canal (Gartner's duct) |
| An occasionally occurring small duct lying parallel to the uterine tube, extending from the epoöphoron through the broad ligament to the vagina. |
| Gartner's duct |
| An occasionally occurring small duct lying parallel to the uterine tube, extending from the epoöphoron through the broad ligament to the vagina. |
| Gasser's ganglion |
| The large sensory ganglion of the trigeminal nerve. |
| Gasserian ganglion (Gasser's ganglion) |
| The large sensory ganglion of the trigeminal nerve. |
| Giraldé's organ |
| A vestige of the wolffian body at posterior side of the testicle.
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| Glisson's capsule |
| The outer capsule of connective fibrous tissue, surrounding the liver, the intrahepatic branches of vena portae, arteria hepatica, and the bile duct. |
| Golgi's apparatus |
| A system of membranes in the cytoplasm of the cell making up a functional unit concerned with intracellular transport of membrane-bounded secretory proteins. |
| Golgi's apparatus of the cell (Golgi's apparatus) |
| A system of membranes in the cytoplasm of the cell making up a functional unit concerned with intracellular transport of membrane-bounded secretory proteins. |
| Golgi's complex (Golgi's apparatus) |
| A system of membranes in the cytoplasm of the cell making up a functional unit concerned with intracellular transport of membrane-bounded secretory proteins. |
| Golgi's internal reticulum (Golgi's apparatus) |
| A system of membranes in the cytoplasm of the cell making up a functional unit concerned with intracellular transport of membrane-bounded secretory proteins. |
| Gowers' bundle (Gowers' tract) |
| The anterior spinocerebellar area. |
| Gowers' tract |
| The anterior spinocerebellar area. |
| Gruber-Landzert fossa |
| An inferior duodenal recess.
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| Henle's fissure |
| Fibrous tissue between the cardiac muscle fibres.
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| Henle's ampulla |
| The ampulla of the uterine tube. |
| Henle's ligament |
| Conjoint tendon of the transversus abdominis muscle. |
| Henle's loop |
| U-shaped medullary portion of the nephron between the proximal and distal tubules of the collecting system of the kidney. |
| Henle's tubules |
| Portion of the nephron following the proximal tubule. |
| Hey's ligament |
| The semilunar lateral margin (falciform margin) of the fossa ovalis. |
| Hilton's line |
| A white line at the junction of the skin of the perineum and anal mucosa, said to be palpable.
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| Hilton's muscle |
| The aryepiglottic muscle.
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| Hilton's pit |
| A pit along the external portion of the false vocal corda.
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| Hilton's white line (Hilton's line) |
| A white line at the junction of the skin of the perineum and anal mucosa, said to be palpable.
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| Holmgren-Golgi canals (Golgi's apparatus) |
| A system of membranes in the cytoplasm of the cell making up a functional unit concerned with intracellular transport of membrane-bounded secretory proteins. |
| Hunter's canal (John Hunter) |
| Canalis adductorius. The adductor canal.
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| Islands of Reil |
| The insula of the cerebral cortex. |
| Key-Retzius foramina (Luschka's foramen) |
| The Foramen of 4th ventricle. One of the two lateral openings draining the fourth ventricle into the subarachnoid space at the cerebellopontine angle. |
| Kobelt's tubules |
| Remnants of Wolffian ducts in the paroöphoron. |
| Krause's bone (Wilhelm Krause) |
| The second ossification centre in the growing acetabulum at the junction of the ilium, ischium, and pubis.
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| Krause's ligament (Karl Friedrich Theodor Krause) |
| The transverse perineal ligament |
| Landzert's canal |
| Canal in the fetal sphenoid bone.
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| Landzert's fossa |
| A fossa formed by two peritoneal folds, lateral to the forth segment of the duodenum and behind the inferior mesenteric vein and ascending left colic artery. |
| Le Cat's gulf |
| The hollow of the bulbous portion of the urethra.
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| Leydig's gland |
| A portion of the mesonephros in vertebrates, of which the secretions are thought to stimulate the movement of spermatozoa. |
| Lieberkühn's crypts (Lieberkühn's glands) |
| Simple tubular glands which open into the intestine, present in the mucous membrane of the small and large intestines. |
| Lieberkühn's follicles (Lieberkühn's glands) |
| Simple tubular glands which open into the intestine, present in the mucous membrane of the small and large intestines. |
| Lieberkühn's glands |
| Simple tubular glands which open into the intestine, present in the mucous membrane of the small and large intestines. |
| Louis' angle |
| The angle formed at the junction of the manubrium and the body of the sternum. |
| Luschka's crypt (Luschka's ducts) |
| Small, glandlike tubular structures in the wall of the gallbladder adjacent to the liver, especially in the part covered with peritoneum. |
| Luschka's ducts |
| Small, glandlike tubular structures in the wall of the gallbladder adjacent to the liver, especially in the part covered with peritoneum. |
| Luschka's foramen |
| The Foramen of 4th ventricle. One of the two lateral openings draining the fourth ventricle into the subarachnoid space at the cerebellopontine angle. |
| Meckel's band (Meckel's ligament) |
| Portion of the anterior ligament of the malleus that extends from the base of the anterior process through the petrotympanic fissure.
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| Meckel's cartilage |
| A cartilaginous bar about which the mandible develops. |
| Meckel's cavity (Meckel's space) |
| The cavity, or cleft, between two layers of dura over the petrous portion of the temporal bone that encloses the roots of the trigeminal nerve and the trigeminal ganglion. |
| Meckel's diverticulum |
| Diverticulum of the ileum derived from the unobliterated yolk stalk. |
| Meckel's ganglion |
| The sphenopalatine ganglion or the second division of the trigeminal nerve. |
| Meckel's ligament |
| Portion of the anterior ligament of the malleus that extends from the base of the anterior process through the petrotympanic fissure.
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| Meckel's space |
| The cavity, or cleft, between two layers of dura over the petrous portion of the temporal bone that encloses the roots of the trigeminal nerve and the trigeminal ganglion. |
| Meckel’s cave (Meckel's space) |
| The cavity, or cleft, between two layers of dura over the petrous portion of the temporal bone that encloses the roots of the trigeminal nerve and the trigeminal ganglion. |
| Ménard-Shenton line (Shenton's line) |
| A radiographic line formed by the top of the obturator foramen and the inner side of the neck of the femur. |
| Ménard-Shenton-Makkas line (Shenton's line) |
| A radiographic line formed by the top of the obturator foramen and the inner side of the neck of the femur. |
| Morgagni's caruncle |
| The middle prostatic lobe. |
| Morgagni's columns |
| The vertical folds in the rectum. |
| Morgagni's concha |
| The superior nasal choncha.
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| Morgagni's cyst |
| The appendix of the testis. |
| Morgagni's foramen |
| Right-sided fissure between pars sternalis and Pars costalis in the diaphragm. |
| Morgagni's lacunas |
| The orifices of the mucous glands of the male urethre.
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| Morgagni's sinus |
| Refers to the space between the upper border of the levator veli palateni and the base of the skull.
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| Morgagni's ventricle |
| Lateral pouch in the vestibulum laryngis between the Ligamentum vestibulare and the vocal cord. |
| Morgagni’s fissure (Morgagni's foramen) |
| Right-sided fissure between pars sternalis and Pars costalis in the diaphragm. |
| Morgagni’s hydatid (Morgagni's cyst) |
| The appendix of the testis. |
| Nageotte's place |
| A section of the posterior root of the spinal marrow. |
| Ollier's layer |
| The inner layer of the periosteum, closest to the bone. |
| Poupart's inguinal ligament (Fallopian ligament) |
| A fibrous band forming the thickened lower border of the aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle between the anterosuperior spine of the ilium and the pubic tubercle. |
| Poupart's ligament (Fallopian ligament) |
| A fibrous band forming the thickened lower border of the aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle between the anterosuperior spine of the ilium and the pubic tubercle. |
| Rivinus' canals |
| Ducts of the sublingual glands. |
| Rivinus' notch |
| The tympanic notch in the upper part of the tympanic portion of the temporal bone. |
| Rivinus’ incisure (Rivinus' notch) |
| The tympanic notch in the upper part of the tympanic portion of the temporal bone. |
| Rosenmüller's body (Rosenmüller's organ) |
| A rudimentary structure located in the mesosalpix. |
| Rosenmüller's cavity (Rosenmüller's fossa) |
| The lateral pharyngeal recess. |
| Rosenmüller's fossa |
| The lateral pharyngeal recess. |
| Rosenmüller's gland |
| The palpebral portion of the lacrimal gland. |
| Rosenmüller's gland (Rosenmüller-Cloquet gland) |
| Small inguinal lymphatic nodes located in or adjacent to the femoral canal. |
| Rosenmüller's node (Rosenmüller-Cloquet gland) |
| Small inguinal lymphatic nodes located in or adjacent to the femoral canal. |
| Rosenmüller's organ |
| A rudimentary structure located in the mesosalpix. |
| Rosenmüller's recess (Rosenmüller's fossa) |
| The lateral pharyngeal recess. |
| Rosenmüller-Cloquet gland |
| Small inguinal lymphatic nodes located in or adjacent to the femoral canal. |
| Ruysch's muscle |
| A circular muscle in the fundus uteri. |
| Ruysch's tube |
| A minute tubular cavity opening in the nasal septum. |
| Schlemm's canal |
| The canal of the sclero-corneal junction. |
| Schultze's comma |
| Fasciculus interfascicularis - descending posterior root threads between the Goll's string and the Burdach's string.
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| Shenton's line |
| A radiographic line formed by the top of the obturator foramen and the inner side of the neck of the femur. |
| Skene's ducts |
| Paraurethral ducts. |
| Skene's glands |
| Numerous mucous glands in the wall of the female urethra, localised so that their openings are just inside the urinary meatus. |
| Skene's tubules |
| Embryonic urethral glands. |
| Spiegel's line |
| A slight groove which is the line of abdomen lying parallel to the median line and marking the lateral margin of the rectus abdominis muscle. |
| Spiegel's lobe |
| The caudate lobe of the liver. |
| Spigelian line (Spiegel's line) |
| A slight groove which is the line of abdomen lying parallel to the median line and marking the lateral margin of the rectus abdominis muscle. |
| Stensen's duct |
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| Stensen's foramina |
| Incisive foramina of the hard palate, transmitting anterior branches of the descending palatine vessels.
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| Stensen's veins |
| Vortex veins.
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| Stilling's canal |
| A minute canal running through the vitreous from the discus nervi optici to the lens. |
| Treves' bloodless fold |
| Bloodless fold of Treves. An ileocecal fold of peritoneum associated with the appendix.
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| Tuba fallopiana (Fallopian tube) |
| One of the tubes or ducts leading on either side from the upper or outer extremity of the ovary to the fundus of the uterus. |
| Tuba Falloppii (Fallopian tube) |
| One of the tubes or ducts leading on either side from the upper or outer extremity of the ovary to the fundus of the uterus. |
| Valsalva's antrum |
| A cavity in the petrous portion of the temporal bone.
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| Valsalva's ligaments |
| Ligaments that attach the auricle to the side of the head. |
| Valsalva's muscle |
| A band of vertical muscular fibres on the outer surface of the tragus of the ear, innervated by the temporal branch of the facial nerve.
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| Volkmann's canals (Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann) |
| Vascular channels in compact bone carrying the blood vessels from the periosteum. |
| von Recklinghausen's canals |
| The lymph canaliculi. |
| Wenckebach's bundle |
| The median bundle of the conductive system of the heart leading to the atrioventricular node (Tawara's node). |
| Wharton's duct |
| The duct of the submandibular salivary gland opening into the mouth at side of the frenum linguae. |
| Wharton's jelly |
| A gelatinous intercellular substance which is the primitive mucoid connective tissue of the umbilical cord. |
| Willis' cords |
| Fibrous cords crossing the superior longitudinal sinus transversely.
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| Wolffian body (Caspar Friedrich Wolff) |
| An embryonic organ on each side of the vertebral column. |
| Wolffian canal (Wolffian duct (Caspar Friedrich Wolff)) |
| The embryonic duct of the mesonephros, from mesonephros to cloaca. |
| Wolffian duct (Caspar Friedrich Wolff) |
| The embryonic duct of the mesonephros, from mesonephros to cloaca. |
| Wolffian tubules (Kobelt's tubules) |
| Remnants of Wolffian ducts in the paroöphoron. |
| Zenker's diverticulum |
| Diverticulum of the mucous membrane of the oesophagus through a defect in the wall of oesophagus. |
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