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List of human anatomical parts named after people



This is a list of human anatomical parts named after people.

For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.
For a list of eponyms sorted by name see List of eponyms.

Contents

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

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

K

L

  • Canals of Lambert – Margaret Waugh Lambert
  • Islets of Langerhans and Langerhans cell – Paul Langerhans
  • Langhans giant cell - Theodor Langhans [1]
  • Langer's lines
  • Leydig CellsFranz Leydig
  • Crypts of Lieberkühn – Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn
  • Lissauer's tract – Heinrich Lissauer
  • Urethral glands of Littré – Alexis Littré
  • Lockwood's ligament – Charles Barrett Lockwood
  • Angle of Louis – Antoine Louis
  • Lovibond's angle
  • Lund's node
  • Crypts of Luschka, Ducts of Luschka, Foramina of Luschka, and Luschka's joints – Hubert von Luschka

M

N

  • Nissl bodies or granules and Nissl substance – Franz Nissl (all terms now rarely used)

O

P

R

S

T

V

W

Z

  • Zonule of Zinn – Johann Gottfried Zinn

See also

 
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