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1. The lost influence of Andreas Vesalius on eponymic anatomy
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... from eponyms to more descriptive anatomical terms. Still, there are many that will not go away, as is the famous ligament of Treitz, or the sphincter or Oddi. Today there is only one recorded eponym ...
2. Eponym
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UPDATED: From the Greek [ep(i)] meaning "outer, above, or upon", and the Greek suffix [o-nym] meaning "name". The word [eponym] refers to a person's name becoming attached to an anatomical location ...
3. Triangle of "doom
(MTD)
... a triangle (as it only has two boundaries), nor is it an eponym (no such person - that is why is should not use uppercase). It does indicate an area where it is extremely dangerous to place staples or ...
4. The unknown patient / donor
(MTD)
... formal "Jane Todd Crawford Day" on December 13! By contrast, there are so many unknown patients whose names history has forgotten, and yet the fame of the physician continues through time in eponymic ...
5. Foundations for the Use of Anatomical Terminology (article in Spanish)
(MTD)
... of eponyms and synonyms, a problem which harms pre-grad students in its initial formative process This Semantic definitions will be given, and the acquisition of new anatomic nomenclatures and terminologies ...
6. Sternal angle (of Louis)
(MTD)
... is a secondary cartilaginous joint of a type known as a symphysis. The angle varies between 160 and 169 degrees. It is know eponymously as the "angle of Louis" named after Antoine Louis1 (1723-1792), a ...
7. Wilhelm Kiesselbach
(MTD)
... and senior physician for ophthalmology. He died of an infection he contracted while working with patients at the clinic. His name is eponymically tied to the locus Kiesselbachii, also known as Kiesselbach’s ...
8. Canal of Nuck
(MTD)
... same book he proceeds to show the open processus vaginalis which was from then on known as the eponymic "Canal of Nuck" The images in this article are from “Case Report: Infected Hydrocele of the Canal ...
9. Johann Gottfried Zinn
(MTD)
... on the anatomy of the human eye: “Descriptio anatomica oculi humani iconibus illustrata”. Because of this, his name has become an eponym in the “Zonule of Zinn”, a ring of strands that forms a fibrous ...
10. Update to the "A Moment in History" Serie
(MTD)
... Wangensteen Historical Library researching rare and antique medical books. The highlight of this work was to be able to read books by authors whose names are attached as eponyms to anatomical landmarks ...
11. Thomas Willis
(MTD)
...  The Arterial Circle of Willis is a famous eponymous structure found at the base of the brain. It represents an anastomotic roundabout that connects the right and left sides as well as the carotid and ...
12. Dr. John Benjamin Murphy
(MTD)
... to the jejunum to allow drainage of the bile into the digestive system.  His name is remembered in many eponyms: Murphy’s button, Murphy’s drip, Murphy’s test, Murphy’s punch, and the Murphy-Lane bone ...
13. Václav Treitz
(MTD)
... 1853 he published a paper ("Ueber einen neuen Muskel am Duodenum des Menschens" ) describing a new muscle he discovered at the duodenojejunal junction, later to be known as the eponymic “muscle of Treitz”; ...
14. Antoine Louis
(MTD)
... is better know to history as the eponymic origin of the "sternal angle" also know as the "Angle of Louis" and synonymously (probably by misspelling or translation) the "angle of Lewis", and "angle of Ludwig". ...
15. Raymond de Vieussens
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... wild theories, including the statement that he had found the “fluid of the nerves”. Some of Vieussens’ work was published posthumously by his family and colleagues. Today, many eponyms remember Vieussens’ ...
16. Prof. Cristián Uribe, MSc
(MTD Contributors)
...  He published the book “Eponyms in Anatomical Nomenclature” (2011, Ed. U. Finis Terrae). For his LinkedIn page click here. Clinical Anatomy Associates, Inc is proud to have Professor Uribe as a contributor ...
17. Welcome to Prof. C. Uribe as a contributor
(MTD)
... as well as the Executive Secretary of the Postgraduate Office at the same University. He published the book “Eponyms in Anatomical Nomenclature” (2011, Ed. U. Finis Terrae). For his LinkedIn page click ...
18. Valve of the inferior vena cava
(MTD)
The [valve of the inferior vena cava] is probably better known by its eponym, the [Eustachian valve]. This is an incomplete valve found at the most distal end of the inferior vena cava, at the ...
19. Nabothian cyst
(MTD)
... and these structures came to be known as “Ovula Nabothii“. Today we know this is not true, but his name remains attached eponymically to these structures. My personal thanks to Dr. Sanford Osher  and ...
20. Jean-Francois Calot
(MTD)
... thesis “De La Cholecystectomie” (On Cholecystectomy) was published in 1890 and republished in 1891. Although his main interest laid in orthopedics and tuberculosis, Calot’s name is eponymically tied ...
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