| Spix, Johann | <person> German anatomist, 1781-1826. See: Spix's spine. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Spix's spine | A pointed tongue of bone overlapping the mandibular foramen, giving attachment to the sphenomandibular ligament. Synonym: lingula mandibulae, mandibular tongue, Spix's spine. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Andernach, Johann von | <person> German physician, 1505-1574. See: Andernach's ossicles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baeyer, Johann von | <person> German chemist and Nobel laureate, 1835-1917. See: Baeyer's theory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blumenbach, Johann | <person> German physiologist, 1752-1840. See: Blumenbach's clivus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brunner, Johann | <person> Swiss anatomist, 1653-1727. See: Brunner's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brunner, Johann Konrad | <person> B. Diessenhofen, Switzerland, Jan. 16th, 1653. D. Mannheim, Oct. 2nd, 1727. Studied under Duverney in Paris and became Professor of Anatomy at Heidelberg (1687) and Strasburg. Brunner's Glands - glandulae duodenales. Descriptio de glandulis in duodeno intestino detectis. Heidelberg. 1687. Also: Physiologica de glandulis duodeni cogitata. Heidelberg. 1687. The duodenal glands had previously been described by Brunner's father-in-law, J.J. Wepper, whose work was published in 1679. Lived: 1653-1727. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Gasser, Johann | <person> Austrian anatomist, 1723-1765. See: gasserian ganglion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gauss, Johann | <person> German physicist, 1777-1855. See: gauss, gaussian curve, gaussian distribution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rau, Johann | <person> Dutch anatomist, 1668-1719. See: Rau's process, processus ravii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Glaser, Johann | <person> Swiss anatomist, 1629-1675. See: glaserian artery, glaserian fissure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Glauber, Johann | <person> German chemist, 1604-1668. See: Glauber's salt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Reil, Johann | <person> German physician, neurologist, and histologist, 1759-1813. See: Reil's ansa, Reil's band, Reil's ribbon, Reil's triangle, limiting sulcus of Reil, circular sulcus of Reil, island of Reil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Meckel, Johann F Jr | <person> German comparative anatomist and embryologist, 1781-1833. See: Meckel scan, Meckel syndrome, Meckel's cartilage, Meckel's diverticulum, Meckel's plane, Meckel-Gruber syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Meckel, Johann F Sr | <person> German anatomist and obstetrician, 1714-1774. See: Meckel's band, Meckel's cavity, Meckel's ganglion, Meckel's ligament, Meckel's space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mendel, Gregor Johann | <person> An Austrian monk and botanist. His breeding experiments on garden peas and subsequent formulation of the laws of heredity formed the basis for the field of genetics. Lived: 1822-1884. (13 Nov 1997) |