EPONYMS and CURRENT TERMINOLOGY
An eponyms is a name
derived from the name of a person and usually intended to honor that person. Eponyms are popular and you will notice them throughout the textbook
and atlas, where they
begin with a capital letter. They have only historical associations with
the structures you will be studying, however, and are not accepted by the
International Congress of Anatomists that establishes histological nomenclature (golgi apparatus is the exception [but note
lower case]). What follows
is a list of eponyms (borrowed largely from Gerard J. Tortora & Nicholas
P. Anagnostakos, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 5th edition.
New York: Harper & Row; 1987) and the anatomical nomenclature (Anglicized) found in the Nomina Histologica,
Nomina Anatomica, and Annotationes Histologicae, A Revision Authorised by the International
Anatomical Nomenclature Committee at the Twelfth International Congress
of Anatomists in London, 1985. I would prefer that you use the approved anatomical nomenclature,
but I do not require it.
| Eponym | Current Terminology (Anatomical Term) |
| ampulla of Vater (VA-ter) | hepatopancreatic ampulla |
| Billroth's (BIL-rOtz) cord | splenic cord |
| Bowman's (BO-manz) capsule | glomerular capsule |
| Bowman's membrane |
anterior limiting membrane (cornea) |
| Brunner's (BRUN-erz) gland | duodenal gland |
| bundle of His (HISS) | atrioventricular (AV) bundle |
| canal of Schlemm (SHLEM) | scleral venous sinus |
| Clara cell | bronchiolar epithelial cell |
| Cowper's (KOW-perz) gland | bulbourethral gland |
| crypt of Lieberkühn (LE-ber-kyoon) | intestinal gland |
| Descemet's membrane |
posterior limiting membrane (cornea) |
| duct of Santorini (san'-tO-RE-nE) | accessory (pancreatic) duct |
| duct of Wirsung (VER-sung) | pancreatic duct |
| end organ of Ruffini (roo-FE-nE) | type Il cutaneous mechanoreceptor |
| Eustachian (yoo-STA-kE-an) tube | auditory tube |
| Fallopian (fal-LO-pE-an) tube | uterine tube |
| Glisson's capsule | serosa of liver |
| Golgi (GOL-jE) tendon organ | tendon organ |
| Graafian (GRAF-E-an) follicle | vesicular ovarian follicle |
| Hassall's (HAS-alz) corpuscle | thymic corpuscle |
| Haversian (ha-VER-shun) canal | central canal (of osteon) |
| Haversian (ha-VIER-shun) system | osteon |
| Hering canal |
bile ductule |
| Herring body |
neurosecretory body |
| Howship’s lacuna | resorption lacuna |
| interstitial cell of Leydig (Li-dig) | interstitial endocrinocyte |
| islet of Langerhans (LANG-er-hanz) | pancreatic islet |
| Kupffer's (KOOP-ferz) cell | hepatic fixed macrophage |
| Langerhan’s cell | macrophage-monocyte cell (in epidermis) |
| loop of Henle (HEN-la) | loop of the nephron |
| Meibomian (mi-BO-mE-an) gland | tarsal gland |
| Meissncr's (MIS-nerz) corpuscle | corpuscle of touch |
| Merkel's (MER-kelz) disc | tactile disc |
| Müller's cells |
glial cells of retina |
| Müller's (MULE-erz) duct | paramesonephric duct |
| Nissl (NIS-l) bodies | chromatophific substance |
| node of Ranvier (ron-VE-a) | neurofibral node |
| organ of Corti (KOR-tE) | spiral organ |
| Pacinian (pa-SIN-E-an) corpuscle | lamellated corpuscle |
| Paneth cell |
exocrinocyte (intestinal gland) |
| Peyer's (PI-erz) patches | aggregated lymphatic follicles |
| plexus of Auerbach (OW-er-bak) | myenteric plexus |
| plexus of Meissner (MIS-ner) | submucous plexus |
| Purkinje cell | piriform cell |
| Purkinje (pur-KIN-jE) fiber | conduction myofiber |
| Rathke's (rath-KEZ) pouch | hypophyseal pouch |
| Schwann (SCHVON) cell | neurolemmocyte |
| Sertoli (ser-TO-lE) cell | sustentacular (supportive) cell |
| Sharpey’s fibers | perforating fibers |
| Space of Disse |
subendothelial space (liver) |
| sphincter of Oddi (OD-dE) | sphincter of the hepatopancreatic ampulla |
| Stensen's (STEN-senz) duct | parotid duct |
| Volkmann's (FOLK-manz) canal | perforating canal |
| Wharton's (HWAR-tunz) duct | submandibular duct |
| Wharton's (HWAR-tunz) jelly | mucous connective tissue |
| Wolffian duct | mesonephric duct |
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