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adam christian thebesius november 10 , 1732 silesia 150px germany anatomy university of leiden january 12 , 1686 venae cordis minimae adam christian thebesius.jpg adam christian thebesius
 adam christian thebesius
adam christian thebesius

adam christian thebesius -lrb- january 12 , 1686 -- november 10 , 1732 -rrb- was a german anatomist who was a native of sandenwalde , silesia .
he studied medicine in jena , leipzig and leiden , receiving his doctorate from the university of leiden in 1708 .
during the following year , he opened a medical practice in hirschberg , and beginning in 1715 he served as `` stadtphysikus '' -lrb- municipal physician -rrb- in hirschberg , as well as a medical consultant to the nearby warmbrunn spa .
thebesius is known for his studies of coronary circulation .
in his 1708 graduate thesis , `` de circulo sangunis in corde '' -lrb- on the circulation of the blood in the heart -rrb- , he described the tiny cardiac venous tributaries that drain directly into the cardiac chambers .
these veins are now known as `` thebesian veins '' , or `` venae cordis minimae '' , and the drainage pathway is referred to as the `` thebesian system '' .
two other anatomical structures that contain his name are : thebesian foramina : also known as `` foramina venarum minimarum '' or `` vieussens ' foramina '' after raymond vieussens -lrb- 1635 -- 1715 -rrb- .
these structures are orifices of the thebesian veins .
thebesian valve : the valve of the coronary sinus .
