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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 Lists of etymologies.

• Achilles' tendon – Achilles, Greek mythological character
• Adam's apple – Adam, Biblical character
• Bartholin's gland – Caspar Bartholin the Younger
• Eustachian tube – Bartolomeo Eustachi
• Fallopian tube – Gabriele Falloppio
• Gartner's duct – Hermann Gartner
• Gräfenberg spot (G-spot) – Ernst Gräfenberg
• Islets of Langerhans – Paul Langerhans
• Meissner corpuscles – Georg Meissner
• Sideburns – General Ambrose Burnside who had distinctive whiskers
• Skene's gland – Alexander Skene
• Wolffian duct – Kaspar Friedrich Wolff

See also

• Human anatomy
• List of anatomical topics

External link

• Name origins in the medical field

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