- 41. Sir Percival Pott
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- ... surgeon at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. In 1753 Percival Pott was elected, with William Hunter, as Master of Anatomy at Surgeon’s Hall His name is eponymically remembered in “Pott’s fracture”, ...
- 42. William Cowper
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- ... describes the bulbourethral glands which are today eponymically tied to his name. An infection of these glands is called a “Cowperitis”. The bulbourethral glands had already been described ...
- 43. Fossa Ovalis
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- ... as the "limbus fossa ovalis", also known by the eponym "ring or anulus of Vieussens" The interatrial opening in the fetus, and the persistent ASD in the adult is referred by the eponym "the foramen of ...
- 44. Leonardo Botallus
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- ... for a larger depiction. Botallus' name is eponymically remembered in the following structures: • Foramen of Botallus: The foramen ovale, an opening found in the fetus in the region ...
- 45. Lorenz Heister
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- ... of Medicine" at www.nih.gov His name is remembered eponymically in two structures: •. Heister’s valve (plica spiralis) a spiral fold of mucosa found in the cystic duct •. Heister’s diverticulum ...
- 46. Sinuatrial (SA) node
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- The sinuatrial node, is also known as the "sinoatrial node", "SA node" or by its eponym, the "node of Keith and Flack". It is the initial component of the conduction system of the heart. It is a ...
- 47. Sphincter of Oddi
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- The [sphincter of Oddi] is a complex system of smooth muscles that controls flow of bile and pancreatic juice into the duodenum. Although known by its eponym, this structure has the anatomical ...
- 48. Wilhelm His Jr.
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- ... this angle the "Angle of His" in honor of Wilhelm His Jr. This eponym has stayed with us until today. Sources: 1. "Wilhelm His Jr." JAMA. 1964;187(6):453-454 2. "His, Jr., W.: The Activity of the Embryonic ...
- 49. Abraham Vater
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- ... blockage of his eponymic ampulla. Original image courtesy of www.nih.gov Sources: 1. "Abraham Vater (1684-1751)" Brit Med J; 2,(4) (1951), 1214 2. "Abraham Vater of the Ampulla (Papilla) of ...
- 50. Ruggero Oddi
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- ... as a fourth year medical student Oddi published a paper that would make his name eponymically tied to the sphincter found around the hepatopancreatic ampulla; what today is known as the "sphincter of Oddi". ...