List of human anatomical parts named after people

List of human anatomical parts named after people
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 tendonAchilles, Greek mythological character
Adam's appleAdam, Biblical figure
Adonis's belt, Apollo's beltAdonis, Apollo, Greek mythological characters
Alcock's canal (pudendal canal)Benjamin Alcock (18011859?), Irish anatomist
Artery of AdamkiewiczAlbert Wojciech Adamkiewicz (18501921), Polish pathologist
Auerbach's plexusLeopold Auerbach
B
Bachmann's bundleJean George Bachmann (18771959), German-American physiologist
Balbiani bodiesÉdouard-Gérard Balbiani
Bartholin's glandCaspar Bartholin the Younger (16551738), Danish anatomist
Batson's plexusOscar Vivian Batson (18941979), American anatomist
Long thoracic nerve of BellSir Charles Bell (17741842), Scottish surgeon-anatomist
Duct of BelliniLorenzo Bellini (16431704), Italian anatomist
Renal columns of BertinExupere Joseph Bertin (17121781), French anatomist
Betz cellsVladimir Alekseyevich Betz (18341894), Ukrainian histologist
Billroth's cordsTheodor Billroth (18291894), Austrian surgeon
Bowman's capsule and Bowman's layerSir William Bowman (18161892), English surgeon-anatomist
Broca's areaPaul Broca (18241880), French surgeon-anatomist
Brodmann's areasKorbinian Brodmann (18681918), German neurologist
Brunner's glandsJohann Conrad Brunner (16531727), Swiss anatomist
Buck's fasciaGurdon Buck (18071877), American surgeon
C
Cajal cellSantiago Ramón y Cajal (18521934), Spanish pathologist
Cajal–Retzius cellSantiago Ramón y Cajal and Gustaf Retzius (18421919), Swedish histologist
Calyx of Held Hans Held (1866–1942), German Anatomist
Calot's triangleJean-François Calot (18611944), French surgeon
Fascia of Camper - Petrus Camper (1722-1789), Dutch physician, anatomist, physiologist, midwife, zoologist, anthropologist, palaeontologist and a naturalist
Chassaignac tubercleCharles Marie Édouard Chassaignac (18041879), French physician
Clara cellMax Clara (18991966), German anatomist (renamed to Club cell after Max Clara's Nazi activities were discovered)
Cloquet's canal Jules Cloquet (1790–1883), French Anatomist
Colles' fasciaAbraham Colles (17731843), Irish surgeon
Cooper's fasciaAstley Cooper (17681841), English surgeon
Inguinal ligament of Cooper or Cooper's iliopectineal ligamentAstley Cooper
Cooper's suspensory ligamentsAstley Cooper
Organ of CortiAlfonso Corti (18221876), Italian microanatomist
Cowper's glandsWilliam Cowper (16661709), English surgeon-anatomist
Cuvier ductsGeorges Cuvier (17691832), French Naturalist and comparative anatomist
Canals of Lambert - described by Lambert in 1955
D
Darwin's tubercleCharles Darwin (18091882), British Naturalist
Denonvilliers' fasciaCharles-Pierre Denonvilliers (18081872), French surgeon
Descemet's membrane Jean Descemet (17321810), French physician
Space of DisseJoseph Disse (18521912), German histologist
Dorello's canalPrimo Dorello (18721963), Italian Anatomist.
Pouch of Douglas, Douglas' lineJames Douglas (16751742), Scottish anatomist
E
Von Ebner's glandsVictor von Ebner (18421925), German histologist
Edinger–Westphal nucleusLudwig Edinger (18551918), German neuroanatomist, and Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal (18331890), German neurologist
Eustachian tubeBartolomeo Eustachi (1500 / 1514 / 15201574), Italian anatomist
F
Fallopian tubeGabriele Falloppio (15231562), Italian anatomist
G
Gallaudet's fasciaBern Budd Gallaudet (18601934), American anatomist
Gartner's ductHermann Treschow Gartner (17851827), Danish surgeon-anatomist
Gerdy's FibersPierre Nicolas Gerdy (17971856), French physician
Gerota CapsuleDumitru Gerota (18671939), Romanian urology surgeon-anatomist
Giacomini veinCarlo Giacomini (18401898) Italian anatomist
Glisson's capsuleFrancis Glisson (1599?1677), English anatomist
Golgi apparatus and Golgi receptorCamillo Golgi (18431926), Italian pathologist
Graafian follicleRegnier de Graaf (16411673), Dutch anatomist
Gräfenberg spot (G-spot)Ernst Gräfenberg (18811957), German-American gynecologist
Great vein of Galen and the other veins of GalenGalen (129 AD200 / 216 AD), an ancient Greek physician
H
Hartmann's pouchHenri Hubert Vadim Hartmann (1860–1952), German Surgeon
Hasner's FoldJoseph Hasner (18191892), Austrian ophthalmologist
Haversian canalClopton Havers (16571702), English physician
Spiral valves of HeisterLorenz Heister (16831758), German surgeon-anatomist
Loop of HenleF. G. J. Henle (18091885), German pathologist
Canals of HeringKarl Ewald Konstantin Hering (18341918), German physiologist
Hering's nerveHeinrich Ewald Hering (18661948), Austrian physician
Herring bodiesPercy Theodore Herring (18721967), English physiologist
Heschl's gyriRichard L. Heschl (18241881), Austrian anatomist
Hesselbach's triangleFranz Kaspar Hesselbach (17591816), German surgeon-anatomist
Antrum of HighmoreNathaniel Highmore (16131685), English surgeon-anatomist
Bundle of HisWilhelm His, Jr. (18631934), Swiss cardiologist
Houston's muscle (Bulbocavernous Penile Fibers)John Houston (18021845), Irish anatomist
Houston's valves John Houston (1802-1845), Irish anatomist
Canal of HuguierPierre Charles Huguier (18041878), French surgeon-gynecologist
Hurthle cellKarl Hürthle (18601945), German histologist
I
Iris (anatomy)Iris, Greek mythological character
K
Kerckring's valvesTheodor Kerckring (16381693), Dutch anatomist
Kernohan notchJames Watson Kernohan (18961981), Irish-American pathologist
Kiesselbach's plexusWilhelm Kiesselbach (1839-1902), German otolaryngologist
Koch's triangle German pathologist Walter Koch
Pores of KohnHans Kohn
Krause's end-bulbsWilhelm Krause
Kupffer cellsKarl Wilhelm von Kupffer
L
Langer's linesKarl Langer
Islets of Langerhans and Langerhans cellPaul Langerhans
Langhans giant cellTheodor Langhans
Lauth's canalThomas Lauth
Leydig CellsFranz Leydig
Crypts of LieberkühnJohann Nathanael Lieberkühn
Lissauer's tractHeinrich Lissauer
Lister's tubercleJoseph Lister
Little's plexus
Urethral glands of LittréAlexis Littré
Lockwood's ligamentCharles Barrett Lockwood
Angle of LouisAntoine Louis
Lovibond's angle
Lund's node
Crypts of Luschka, Ducts of Luschka, Foramina of Luschka, and Luschka's jointsHubert von Luschka
M
Macewen's triangleSir William Macewen
Foramen of MagendieFrançois Magendie
McBurney's pointCharles McBurney
Malpighian corpuscleMarcello Malpighi, the name given to both renal corpuscle and splenic lymphoid nodules
Meckel's cartilage and Meckel's diverticulumJohann Friedrich Meckel
Meibomian glandsHeinrich Meibom
Meissner's corpuscle and Meissner's plexusGeorg Meissner
Merkel cellFriedrich Sigmund Merkel
Meyer's loop
Moll's glandJacob Anton Moll
Space of Möll
Foramina of MonroAlexander Monro
Glands of MontgomeryWilliam Fetherstone Montgomery
Hydatids of Morgagni, and Lacunae of MorgagniGiovanni Battista Morgagni
Morison's pouchJames Rutherford Morison
Müllerian ductsJohannes Peter Müller
N
Nissl bodies or granules and Nissl substanceFranz Nissl
O
Sphincter of OddiRuggero Oddi
P
Pacinian corpusclesFilippo Pacini
Paneth cellsJoseph Paneth
Papez circuitJames Papez
Artery of PercheronGerard Percheron
Peyer's patchesJohann Conrad Peyer
Poupart's ligamentFrançois Poupart
Prussak's spaceAlexander Prussak
Purkinje cellsJan E. Purkinje
Purkinje fibresJan E. Purkinje
Pimenta's Point
R
Node of RanvierLouis-Antoine Ranvier
Rathke's pouchMartin Heinrich Rathke
Reichert cartilageKarl Bogislaus Reichert
Remak's ganglia Robert Remak
Island of Reil Johann Christian Reil (1759-1813)
Renshaw cellsBirdsey Renshaw (19081948)
Space of Retzius and Veins of RetziusAnders Retzius
Riedel's lobeBernhard Moritz Carl Ludwig Riedel
Rokitansky–Aschoff sinusesCarl Freiherr von Rokitansky and Ludwig Aschoff
Rolandic fissure and fissure of RolandoLuigi Rolando
Rotter's lymph nodesJosef Rotter
Ruffini's corpusclesAngelo Ruffini
S
Duct of SantoriniGiovanni Domenico Santorini
Fascia of ScarpaAntonio Scarpa (1752–1832), Italian professor and anatomist
Canal of SchlemmFriedrich Schlemm
Schwann CellTheodor Schwann
Sertoli cellEnrico Sertoli
Sharpey's fibresWilliam Sharpey
Shrapnell's membraneHenry Jones Shrapnell
Skene's glandAlexander Skene
Spiegelian fascia, Spiegelian line, Spiegelian lobe Adriaan van den Spiegel
Stensen's ductNiels Stensen
Stilling's canal
Struthers' ligamentSir John Struthers
Sylvian aqueductFranciscus Sylvius
T
Thebesian foraminaAdam Christian Thebesius
Thebesian valveAdam Christian Thebesius
Thebesian veinAdam Christian Thebesius
White lines of ToldtCarl Toldt
Torcular herophiliHerophilus
Traube's spaceLudwig Traube-
Ligament, veil or bloodless fold of Treves -- Sir Frederick Treves
Ligament of TreitzVáclav Treitz
V
Sinus of ValsalvaAntonio Maria Valsalva
Ampulla of VaterAbraham Vater
Limbus of VieussensRaymond Vieussens
Valve of VieussensRaymond Vieussens
Vieussens valve of the Coronary SinusRaymond Vieussens
Virchow–Robin spacesRudolf Virchow and Charles-Philippe Robin
Virchow's nodeRudolf Virchow
W
Waldeyer's tonsillar ringHeinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836–1921), German anatomist
Weibel–Palade bodyEwald R. Weibel (1929–2019), Swiss biologist, and George Emil Palade (1912–2008), Romanian-American cell biologist
Wenckebach's bundleKarel Frederik Wenckebach (1864–1940), Dutch anatomist
Wernicke's areaKarl Wernicke (1848–1905), German physician, anatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist
Wharton's duct and Wharton's jellyThomas Wharton (1614–1673), English physician and anatomist
Circle of Willisarterial circle in base of brainDr. Thomas Willis (16211675), English physician
Foramen of WinslowJean-Jacques Bénigne Winslow (1669–1760), Danish-born French anatomist
Duct of WirsungJohann Georg Wirsung (1589–1643), German anatomist
Wolffian ductKaspar Friedrich Wolff (1733–1794), German physiologist
Wormian bonesOle Worm (1588–1654), Danish scientist
Z
Zonule of ZinnJohann Gottfried Zinn (1727–1759), German anatomist and botanist
Organ of ZuckerkandlEmil 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
External links
Whonamedit, name origins in the medical field
Anatomical parts
Named after people