List of human anatomical parts named after people
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Template:Short description Template:Anatomical lists This is a list of human anatomical parts named after people. These are often called eponyms.
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 tendonTemplate:SndsAchilles, Greek mythological character
- Aschoff-Tawara node – Ludwig Aschoff (1866-1942),German physician and pathologist, and Sunao Tawara (1873 – 1952), Japanese pathologist
- Adam's appleTemplate:SndsAdam, Biblical figure
- Adonis's belt, Apollo's beltTemplate:SndsAdonis, Apollo, Greek mythological characters
- Alcock's canal (pudendal canal)Template:SndsBenjamin Alcock (1801Template:Ndash1859?), Irish anatomist
- Artery of AdamkiewiczTemplate:SndsAlbert Wojciech Adamkiewicz (1850Template:Ndash1921), Polish pathologist
- Atlas (anatomy)Template:Snds Atlas (Mythology), A god in greek mythology
- Auerbach's plexusTemplate:SndsLeopold Auerbach
B
- Bachmann's bundleTemplate:SndsJean George Bachmann (1877Template:Ndash1959), German-American physiologist
- Balbiani bodiesTemplate:SndsÉdouard-Gérard Balbiani
- Barr bodiesTemplate:SndsMurray Barr (1908-1995), Canadian physician
- Bartholin's glandTemplate:SndsCaspar Bartholin the Younger (1655Template:Ndash1738), Danish anatomist
- Batson's plexusTemplate:SndsOscar Vivian Batson (1894Template:Ndash1979), American anatomist
- Valve of Bauhin – Gaspard Bauhin (1560-1624), Swiss physicians and botanist
- Long thoracic nerve of BellTemplate:SndsSir Charles Bell (1774Template:Ndash1842), Scottish surgeon-anatomist
- Duct of BelliniTemplate:SndsLorenzo Bellini (1643Template:Ndash1704), Italian anatomist
- Renal columns of BertinTemplate:SndsExupere Joseph Bertin (1712Template:Ndash1781), French anatomist
- Betz cellsTemplate:SndsVladimir Alekseyevich Betz (1834Template:Ndash1894), Ukrainian histologist
- Billroth's cordsTemplate:SndsTheodor Billroth (1829Template:Ndash1894), Austrian surgeon
- Bowman's capsule and Bowman's layerTemplate:SndsSir William Bowman (1816Template:Ndash1892), English surgeon-anatomist
- Broca's areaTemplate:SndsPaul Broca (1824Template:Ndash1880), French surgeon-anatomist
- Brodmann's areasTemplate:SndsKorbinian Brodmann (1868Template:Ndash1918), German neurologist
- Brunner's glandsTemplate:SndsJohann Conrad Brunner (1653Template:Ndash1727), Swiss anatomist
- Buck's fasciaTemplate:SndsGurdon Buck (1807Template:Ndash1877), American surgeon
C
- Cajal cellTemplate:SndsSantiago Ramón y Cajal (1852Template:Ndash1934), Spanish pathologist
- Cajal–Retzius cellTemplate:SndsSantiago Ramón y Cajal and Gustaf Retzius (1842Template:Ndash1919), Swedish histologist
- Calyx of HeldTemplate:Snds Hans Held (1866–1942), German Anatomist
- Calot's triangleTemplate:SndsJean-François Calot (1861Template:Ndash1944), French surgeon
- Fascia of Camper - Petrus Camper (1722-1789), Dutch physician, anatomist, physiologist, midwife, zoologist, anthropologist, palaeontologist and a naturalist
- Chassaignac tubercleTemplate:SndsCharles Marie Édouard Chassaignac (1804Template:Ndash1879), French physician
- Chopart's joint – François Chopart (1743–1795), French surgeon
- Clara cellTemplate:SndsMax Clara (1899Template:Ndash1966), German anatomist (renamed to Club cell after Max Clara's Nazi activities were discovered)
- Cloquet's canalTemplate:Snds Jules Cloquet (1790–1883), French Anatomist
- Colles' fasciaTemplate:SndsAbraham Colles (1773Template:Ndash1843), Irish surgeon
- Cooper's fasciaTemplate:SndsAstley Cooper (1768Template:Ndash1841), English surgeon
- Inguinal ligament of Cooper or Cooper's iliopectineal ligamentTemplate:SndsAstley Cooper
- Cooper's suspensory ligamentsTemplate:SndsAstley Cooper
- Organ of CortiTemplate:SndsAlfonso Corti (1822Template:Ndash1876), Italian microanatomist
- Cowper's glandsTemplate:SndsWilliam Cowper (1666Template:Ndash1709), English surgeon-anatomist
- Cuvier ductsTemplate:SndsGeorges Cuvier (1769Template:Ndash1832), French Naturalist and comparative anatomist
- Canals of Lambert - described by Lambert in 1955
D
- Darwin's tubercleTemplate:SndsCharles Darwin (1809Template:Ndash1882), British Naturalist
- Denonvilliers' fasciaTemplate:SndsCharles-Pierre Denonvilliers (1808Template:Ndash1872), French surgeon
- Descemet's membrane Template:SndsJean Descemet (1732Template:Ndash1810), French physician
- Space of DisseTemplate:SndsJoseph Disse (1852Template:Ndash1912), German histologist
- Dorello's canalTemplate:SndsPrimo Dorello (1872Template:Ndash1963), Italian Anatomist.
- Pouch of Douglas, Douglas' lineTemplate:SndsJames Douglas (1675Template:Ndash1742), Scottish anatomist
E
- Von Ebner's glandsTemplate:SndsVictor von Ebner (1842Template:Ndash1925), German histologist
- Edinger–Westphal nucleusTemplate:SndsLudwig Edinger (1855Template:Ndash1918), German neuroanatomist, and Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833Template:Ndash1890), German neurologist
- Eustachian tube and Eustachian valveTemplate:SndsBartolomeo Eustachi (1500 / 1514 / 1520Template:Ndash1574), Italian anatomist
F
- Fallopian tubeTemplate:SndsGabriele Falloppio (1523Template:Ndash1562), Italian anatomist
G
- Gallaudet's fasciaTemplate:SndsBern Budd Gallaudet (1860Template:Ndash1934), American anatomist
- Gartner's ductTemplate:SndsHermann Treschow Gartner (1785Template:Ndash1827), Danish surgeon-anatomist
- Gerdy's FibersTemplate:SndsPierre Nicolas Gerdy (1797Template:Ndash1856), French physician
- Gerota CapsuleTemplate:SndsDumitru Gerota (1867Template:Ndash1939), Romanian urology surgeon-anatomist
- Giacomini veinTemplate:SndsCarlo Giacomini (1840Template:Ndash1898) Italian anatomist
- Crescents of Giannuzzi – Giuseppe Oronzo Giannuzzi (1838–1876), Italian physiologist
- Glisson's capsuleTemplate:SndsFrancis Glisson (1599?Template:Ndash1677), English anatomist
- Golgi apparatus and Golgi receptorTemplate:SndsCamillo Golgi (1843Template:Ndash1926), Italian pathologist
- Graafian follicleTemplate:SndsRegnier de Graaf (1641Template:Ndash1673), Dutch anatomist
- Gräfenberg spot (G-spot)Template:SndsErnst Gräfenberg (1881Template:Ndash1957), German-American gynecologist
- Great vein of Galen and the other veins of GalenTemplate:SndsGalen (129 ADTemplate:Snds200 / 216 AD), an ancient Greek physician
H
- Hartmann's pouchTemplate:SndsHenri Hubert Vadim Hartmann (1860–1952), German Surgeon
- Hasner's FoldTemplate:SndsJoseph Hasner (1819Template:Ndash1892), Austrian ophthalmologist
- Haversian canalTemplate:SndsClopton Havers (1657Template:Ndash1702), English physician
- Spiral valves of HeisterTemplate:SndsLorenz Heister (1683Template:Ndash1758), German surgeon-anatomist
- Loop of HenleTemplate:SndsF. G. J. Henle (1809Template:Ndash1885), German pathologist
- Canals of HeringTemplate:SndsKarl Ewald Konstantin Hering (1834Template:Ndash1918), German physiologist
- Hering's nerveTemplate:SndsHeinrich Ewald Hering (1866Template:Ndash1948), Austrian physician
- Herring bodiesTemplate:SndsPercy Theodore Herring (1872Template:Ndash1967), English physiologist
- Heschl's gyriTemplate:SndsRichard L. Heschl (1824Template:Ndash1881), Austrian anatomist
- Hesselbach's triangleTemplate:SndsFranz Kaspar Hesselbach (1759Template:Ndash1816), German surgeon-anatomist
- Antrum of HighmoreTemplate:SndsNathaniel Highmore (1613Template:Ndash1685), English surgeon-anatomist
- Bundle of HisTemplate:SndsWilhelm His, Jr. (1863Template:Ndash1934), Swiss cardiologist
- Houston's muscle (Bulbocavernous Penile Fibers)Template:SndsJohn Houston (1802Template:Ndash1845), Irish anatomist
- Houston's valvesTemplate:Snds John Houston (1802-1845), Irish anatomist
- Canal of HuguierTemplate:SndsPierre Charles Huguier (1804Template:Ndash1878), French surgeon-gynecologist
- Hurthle cellTemplate:SndsKarl Hürthle (1860Template:Ndash1945), German histologist
I
- Iris (anatomy)Template:SndsIris, Greek mythological character
- Ito cells – Toshio Ito
K
- Keith–Flack node – Sir Arthur Keith (1866–1955), British anatomist and Martin Flack (1882–1931), British physiologist
- Kerckring's valvesTemplate:SndsTheodor Kerckring (1638Template:Ndash1693), Dutch anatomist
- Kernohan notchTemplate:SndsJames Watson Kernohan (1896Template:Ndash1981), Irish-American pathologist
- Kiesselbach's plexusTemplate:SndsWilhelm Kiesselbach (1839-1902), German otolaryngologist
- Koch's triangleTemplate:Snds German pathologist Walter Koch
- Pores of KohnTemplate:SndsHans Kohn
- Krause's end-bulbsTemplate:SndsWilhelm Krause
- Kupffer cellsTemplate:SndsKarl Wilhelm von Kupffer
L
- Langer's linesTemplate:SndsKarl Langer
- Islets of Langerhans and Langerhans cellTemplate:SndsPaul Langerhans
- Langhans giant cellTemplate:SndsTheodor Langhans
- Lanz' point – Otto Lanz
- Lauth's canalTemplate:SndsThomas Lauth
- Leydig CellsTemplate:SndsFranz Leydig
- Crypts of LieberkühnTemplate:SndsJohann Nathanael Lieberkühn
- Lisfranc joints – Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin
- Lissauer's tractTemplate:SndsHeinrich Lissauer
- Lister's tubercleTemplate:SndsJoseph Lister
- Little's plexus
- Urethral glands of LittréTemplate:SndsAlexis Littré
- Lockwood's ligamentTemplate:SndsCharles Barrett Lockwood
- Angle of LouisTemplate:SndsAntoine Louis
- Lovibond's angle
- Lund's node
- Crypts of Luschka, Ducts of Luschka, Foramina of Luschka, and Luschka's jointsTemplate:SndsHubert von Luschka
M
- Macewen's triangleTemplate:SndsSir William Macewen
- Foramen of MagendieTemplate:SndsFrançois Magendie
- McBurney's pointTemplate:SndsCharles McBurney
- Malpighian corpuscleTemplate:SndsMarcello Malpighi, the name given to both renal corpuscle and splenic lymphoid nodules
- Meckel's cartilage and Meckel's diverticulumTemplate:SndsJohann Friedrich Meckel
- Meibomian glandsTemplate:SndsHeinrich Meibom
- Meissner's corpuscle and Meissner's plexusTemplate:SndsGeorg Meissner
- Merkel cellTemplate:SndsFriedrich Sigmund Merkel
- Meyer's loop
- Moll's glandTemplate:SndsJacob Anton Moll
- Space of MöllTemplate:Snds
- Foramina of MonroTemplate:SndsAlexander Monro
- Glands of MontgomeryTemplate:SndsWilliam Fetherstone Montgomery
- Hydatids of Morgagni, and Lacunae of MorgagniTemplate:SndsGiovanni Battista Morgagni
- Morison's pouchTemplate:SndsJames Rutherford Morison
- Müllerian ductsTemplate:SndsJohannes Peter Müller
N
- Nissl bodies or granules and Nissl substanceTemplate:SndsFranz Nissl
O
P
- Pacinian corpusclesTemplate:SndsFilippo Pacini
- Paneth cellsTemplate:SndsJoseph Paneth
- Papez circuitTemplate:SndsJames Papez
- Artery of PercheronTemplate:SndsGerard Percheron
- Peyer's patchesTemplate:SndsJohann Conrad Peyer
- Poupart's ligamentTemplate:SndsFrançois Poupart
- Prussak's spaceTemplate:SndsAlexander Prussak
- Purkinje cellsTemplate:SndsJan E. Purkinje
- Purkinje fibresTemplate:SndsJan E. Purkinje
- Pimenta's Point
R
- Node of RanvierTemplate:SndsLouis-Antoine Ranvier
- Rathke's pouchTemplate:SndsMartin Heinrich Rathke
- Reichert cartilageTemplate:SndsKarl Bogislaus Reichert
- Remak's ganglia Template:Snds Robert Remak
- Island of Reil Template:Snds Johann Christian Reil (1759-1813)
- Renshaw cellsTemplate:SndsBirdsey Renshaw (1908Template:Ndash1948)
- Space of Retzius and Veins of RetziusTemplate:SndsAnders Retzius
- Riedel's lobeTemplate:SndsBernhard Moritz Carl Ludwig Riedel
- Arc of Riolan – Jean Riolan the Younger
- Rokitansky–Aschoff sinusesTemplate:SndsCarl Freiherr von Rokitansky and Ludwig Aschoff
- Rolandic fissure and fissure of RolandoTemplate:SndsLuigi Rolando
- Rotter's lymph nodesTemplate:SndsJosef Rotter
- Ruffini's corpusclesTemplate:SndsAngelo Ruffini
S
- Duct of SantoriniTemplate:SndsGiovanni Domenico Santorini
- Fascia of ScarpaTemplate:SndsAntonio Scarpa (1752–1832), Italian professor and anatomist
- Canal of SchlemmTemplate:SndsFriedrich Schlemm
- Schwann CellTemplate:SndsTheodor Schwann
- Sertoli cellTemplate:SndsEnrico Sertoli
- Sharpey's fibresTemplate:SndsWilliam Sharpey
- Shrapnell's membraneTemplate:SndsHenry Jones Shrapnell
- Skene's glandTemplate:SndsAlexander Skene
- Spiegelian fascia, Spiegelian line, Spiegelian lobe Template:SndsAdriaan van den Spiegel
- Stensen's ductTemplate:SndsNiels Stensen
- Stilling's canal
- Struthers' ligamentTemplate:SndsSir John Struthers
- Sylvian aqueductTemplate:SndsFranciscus Sylvius
T
- Tawara branches – Sunao Tawara
- Thebesian foraminaTemplate:SndsAdam Christian Thebesius
- Thebesian valveTemplate:SndsAdam Christian Thebesius
- Thebesian veinTemplate:SndsAdam Christian Thebesius
- White lines of ToldtTemplate:SndsCarl Toldt
- Torcular herophiliTemplate:SndsHerophilus
- Traube's spaceTemplate:SndsLudwig Traube
- Ligament, veil or bloodless fold of Treves -- Sir Frederick Treves
- Ligament of TreitzTemplate:SndsVáclav Treitz
- Tulp's valve – Nicolaes Tulp
V
- Sinus of ValsalvaTemplate:SndsAntonio Maria Valsalva
- Ampulla of VaterTemplate:SndsAbraham Vater
- Limbus of VieussensTemplate:SndsRaymond Vieussens
- Valve of VieussensTemplate:SndsRaymond Vieussens
- Vieussens valve of the Coronary SinusTemplate:SndsRaymond Vieussens
- Virchow–Robin spacesTemplate:SndsRudolf Virchow and Charles-Philippe Robin
- Virchow's nodeTemplate:SndsRudolf Virchow
W
- Waldeyer's tonsillar ringTemplate:SndsHeinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836–1921), German anatomist
- Weibel–Palade bodyTemplate:SndsEwald R. Weibel (1929–2019), Swiss biologist, and George Emil Palade (1912–2008), Romanian-American cell biologist
- Wenckebach's bundleTemplate:SndsKarel Frederik Wenckebach (1864–1940), Dutch anatomist
- Wernicke's areaTemplate:SndsKarl Wernicke (1848–1905), German physician, anatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist
- Wharton's duct and Wharton's jellyTemplate:SndsThomas Wharton (1614–1673), English physician and anatomist
- Circle of WillisTemplate:Sndsarterial circle in base of brainTemplate:SndsDr. Thomas Willis (1621Template:Ndash1675), English physician
- Foramen of WinslowTemplate:SndsJean-Jacques Bénigne Winslow (1669–1760), Danish-born French anatomist
- Duct of WirsungTemplate:SndsJohann Georg Wirsung (1589–1643), German anatomist
- Wolffian ductTemplate:SndsKaspar Friedrich Wolff (1733–1794), German physiologist
- Wormian bonesTemplate:SndsOle Worm (1588–1654), Danish scientist
Z
- Zonule of ZinnTemplate:SndsJohann Gottfried Zinn (1727–1759), German anatomist and botanist
- Organ of ZuckerkandlTemplate:SndsEmil Zuckerkandl (1849–1910), Hungarian anatomist
See also
- Human anatomy
- List of anatomical topics
- List of eponymous diseases
- List of eponymous medical signs
- List of eponymous medical treatments
- Lists of etymologies
- List of eponyms in neuroscience