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 Aschoff-Tawara node – Ludwig Aschoff (1866-1942), German physician and pathologist, and Sunao Tawara (1873 – 1952), Japanese pathologist 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 Atlas (anatomy) Atlas (Mythology), A god in greek mythology Auerbach's plexusLeopold Auerbach

B Bachmann's bundleJean George Bachmann (18771959), German-American physiologist Balbiani bodiesÉdouard-Gérard Balbiani Barr bodiesMurray Barr (1908-1995), Canadian physician Bartholin's glandCaspar Bartholin the Younger (16551738), Danish anatomist Batson's plexusOscar Vivian Batson (18941979), American anatomist Valve of Bauhin – Gaspard Bauhin (1560-1624), Swiss physicians and botanist 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 Berry's Ligament

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 Chopart's joint – François Chopart (1743–1795), French surgeon 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 tube and Eustachian valveBartolomeo 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 Crescents of Giannuzzi – Giuseppe Oronzo Giannuzzi (1838–1876), Italian physiologist 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 Ito cells – Toshio Ito

K Keith–Flack node – Sir Arthur Keith (1866–1955), British anatomist and Martin Flack (1882–1931), British physiologist 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 Lanz' point – Otto Lanz Lauth's canalThomas Lauth Leydig CellsFranz Leydig Crypts of LieberkühnJohann Nathanael Lieberkühn Lisfranc joints – Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin 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 Arc of Riolan – Jean Riolan the Younger 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 Tawara branches – Sunao Tawara 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 Tulp's valve – Nicolaes Tulp

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