Santorini, Giandomenico (1681-1737) CIPB2104

Giovanni Domenico Santorini (June 6, 1681 – May 7, 1737) was an Italian

anatomist Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having it ...

. He was a native of

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, earning his medical doctorate at Pisa in 1701. He is remembered for conducting anatomical dissections of the human body. From 1705 until 1728, Santorini performed anatomical demonstrations in

. His best written work was the 1724 publication of ''Observationes anatomicae'', a detailed work involving anatomical aspects of the human body. He is credited for providing descriptions of several anatomical structures, including the following: * Santorini's cartilage: The

corniculate cartilage The corniculate cartilages (cartilages of Santorini) are two small conical nodules consisting of elastic cartilage, which articulate with the summits of the arytenoid cartilages and serve to prolong them posteriorly and medially. They are situate ...

of the larynx. * Santorini's concha: The supreme nasal concha (turbinate).Supreme nasal concha. (n.d.) ''Medical Eponyms''. (2012). Retrieved April 16 2015 fro

/ref> * Duct of Santorini: An accessory duct of the

pancreas The pancreas is an organ of the digestive system and endocrine system of vertebrates. In humans, it is located in the abdomen behind the stomach and functions as a gland. The pancreas is a mixed or heterocrine gland, i.e. it has both an en ...

. * Santorini's fissures: Vertical fissures in the anterior part of the cartilage of the

external acoustic meatus The ear canal (external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, EAM) is a pathway running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The adult human ear canal extends from the pinna to the eardrum and is about in length and in diameter. Struct ...

(ear canal). * Santorini's minor caruncle: Location of the opening of the accessory

pancreatic duct The pancreatic duct, or duct of Wirsung (also, the major pancreatic duct due to the existence of an accessory pancreatic duct), is a duct joining the pancreas to the common bile duct. This supplies it with pancreatic juice from the exocrine pancr ...

into the duodenum. * Santorini's muscle: Bundle of muscular fibers that draw the angle of the mouth laterally. Sometimes called the ''Albinus muscle''; named after German anatomist

Bernhard Siegfried Albinus Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (originally Weiss; 24 February 16979 September 1770) was a German-born Dutch anatomist. He served a professor of medicine at the University of Leiden like his father Bernhard Albinus (1653–1721). He also published ...

(1697–1770). * Santorini's vein: Vein which passes through the parietal foramen and links the superior sagittal sinus with veins of the scalp. * Santorini's plexus: plexus of veins found in the Cave of Retzius (

retropubic space Retropubic space is a potential avascular space located between the pubic symphysis and the urinary bladder. The retropubic space is a preperitoneal space, located behind the transversalis fascia and in front of peritoneum . Other names for the ...

), see

prostatic venous plexus The prostatic veins form a well-marked prostatic plexus which lies partly in the fascial sheath of the prostate and partly between the sheath and the prostatic capsule. It communicates with the pudendal and vesical plexuses. The prostatic veno ...

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