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,German physician and pathologist, and Sunao Tawara, Japanese pathologist
- Adam's appleAdam, Biblical figure
- Adonis's belt, Apollo's beltAdonis, Apollo, Greek mythological characters
- Alcock's canal Benjamin Alcock, Irish anatomist
- Artery of AdamkiewiczAlbert Wojciech Adamkiewicz, Polish pathologist
- Atlas (anatomy) Atlas (Mythology), A god in greek mythology
- Auerbach's plexusLeopold Auerbach
B
- Bachmann's bundleJean George Bachmann, German-American physiologist
- Balbiani bodiesÉdouard-Gérard Balbiani
- Barr bodiesMurray Barr, Canadian physician
- Bartholin's glandCaspar Bartholin the Younger, Danish anatomist
- Batson's plexusOscar Vivian Batson, American anatomist
- Valve of Bauhin – Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss physicians and botanist
- Long thoracic nerve of BellSir Charles Bell, Scottish surgeon-anatomist
- Duct of BelliniLorenzo Bellini, Italian anatomist
- Renal columns of BertinExupere Joseph Bertin, French anatomist
- Betz cellsVladimir Alekseyevich Betz, Ukrainian histologist
- Billroth's cordsTheodor Billroth, Austrian surgeon
- Bowman's capsule and Bowman's layerSir William Bowman, English surgeon-anatomist
- Broca's areaPaul Broca, French surgeon-anatomist
- Brodmann's areasKorbinian Brodmann, German neurologist
- Brunner's glandsJohann Conrad Brunner, Swiss anatomist
- Buck's fasciaGurdon Buck, American surgeon
- Berry's Ligament
C
- Cajal cellSantiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist
- Cajal–Retzius cellSantiago Ramón y Cajal and Gustaf Retzius, Swedish histologist
- Calyx of Held Hans Held, German Anatomist
- Calot's triangleJean-François Calot, French surgeon
- Fascia of Camper - Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, physiologist, midwife, zoologist, anthropologist, palaeontologist and a naturalist
- Chassaignac tubercleCharles Marie Édouard Chassaignac, French physician
- Chopart's joint – François Chopart, French surgeon
- Clara cellMax Clara, German anatomist
- Cloquet's canal Jules Cloquet, French Anatomist
- Colles' fasciaAbraham Colles, Irish surgeon
- Cooper's fasciaAstley Cooper, English surgeon
- Inguinal ligament of Cooper or Cooper's iliopectineal ligamentAstley Cooper
- Cooper's suspensory ligamentsAstley Cooper
- Organ of CortiAlfonso Corti, Italian microanatomist
- Cowper's glandsWilliam Cowper, English surgeon-anatomist
- Cuvier ductsGeorges Cuvier, French Naturalist and comparative anatomist
- Canals of Lambert - described by Lambert in 1955
D
- Darwin's tubercleCharles Darwin, British Naturalist
- Denonvilliers' fasciaCharles-Pierre Denonvilliers, French surgeon
- Descemet's membrane Jean Descemet, French physician
- Space of DisseJoseph Disse, German histologist
- Dorello's canalPrimo Dorello, Italian Anatomist.
- Pouch of Douglas, Douglas' lineJames Douglas, Scottish anatomist
E
- Von Ebner's glandsVictor von Ebner, German histologist
- Edinger–Westphal nucleusLudwig Edinger, German neuroanatomist, and Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, German neurologist
- Eustachian tube and Eustachian valveBartolomeo Eustachi, Italian anatomist
F
- Fallopian tubeGabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist
G
- Gallaudet's fasciaBern Budd Gallaudet, American anatomist
- Gartner's ductHermann Treschow Gartner, Danish surgeon-anatomist
- Gerdy's FibersPierre Nicolas Gerdy, French physician
- Gerota CapsuleDumitru Gerota, Romanian urology surgeon-anatomist
- Giacomini veinCarlo Giacomini Italian anatomist
- Crescents of Giannuzzi – Giuseppe Oronzo Giannuzzi, Italian physiologist
- Glisson's capsuleFrancis Glisson, English anatomist
- Golgi apparatus and Golgi receptorCamillo Golgi, Italian pathologist
- Graafian follicleRegnier de Graaf, Dutch anatomist
- Gräfenberg spot Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American gynecologist
- Great vein of Galen and the other veins of GalenGalen, an ancient Greek physician
H
- Hartmann's pouchHenri Hubert Vadim Hartmann, German Surgeon
- Hasner's FoldJoseph Hasner, Austrian ophthalmologist
- Haversian canalClopton Havers, English physician
- Spiral valves of HeisterLorenz Heister, German surgeon-anatomist
- Loop of HenleF. G. J. Henle, German pathologist
- Canals of HeringKarl Ewald Konstantin Hering, German physiologist
- Hering's nerveHeinrich Ewald Hering, Austrian physician
- Herring bodiesPercy Theodore Herring, English physiologist
- Heschl's gyriRichard L. Heschl, Austrian anatomist
- Hesselbach's triangleFranz Kaspar Hesselbach, German surgeon-anatomist
- Antrum of HighmoreNathaniel Highmore, English surgeon-anatomist
- Bundle of HisWilhelm His, Jr., Swiss cardiologist
- Houston's muscle John Houston, Irish anatomist
- Houston's valves John Houston, Irish anatomist
- Canal of HuguierPierre Charles Huguier, French surgeon-gynecologist
- Hurthle cellKarl Hürthle, German histologist
I
- Iris (anatomy)Iris, Greek mythological character
- Ito cells – Toshio Ito
K
- Keith–Flack node – Sir Arthur Keith, British anatomist and Martin Flack, British physiologist
- Kerckring's valvesTheodor Kerckring, Dutch anatomist
- Kernohan notchJames Watson Kernohan, Irish-American pathologist
- Kiesselbach's plexusWilhelm Kiesselbach, 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
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
- Renshaw cellsBirdsey Renshaw
- 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, 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, German anatomist
- Weibel–Palade bodyEwald R. Weibel, Swiss biologist, and George Emil Palade, Romanian-American cell biologist
- Wenckebach's bundleKarel Frederik Wenckebach, Dutch anatomist
- Wernicke's areaKarl Wernicke, German physician, anatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist
- Wharton's duct and Wharton's jellyThomas Wharton, English physician and anatomist
- Circle of Willisarterial circle in base of brainDr. Thomas Willis, English physician
- Foramen of WinslowJean-Jacques Bénigne Winslow, Danish-born French anatomist
- Duct of WirsungJohann Georg Wirsung, German anatomist
- Wolffian ductKaspar Friedrich Wolff, German physiologist
- Wormian bonesOle Worm, Danish scientist
Z
- Zonule of ZinnJohann Gottfried Zinn, German anatomist and botanist
- Organ of ZuckerkandlEmil Zuckerkandl, Hungarian anatomist