Giovanni Domenico Santorini
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Giovanni Domenico Santorini (June 6, 1681 – May 7, 1737) was an Italian anatomist. He was a native of Venice
, and earned his medical doctorate from Pisa
in 1701. He is remembered for his anatomical dissections of the human body.
From 1705 until 1728, Santorini performed anatomical demonstrations in Venice
. His best written work was the 1724 publication of Observationes anatomicae, which is a detailed work concerning anatomical aspects of the human body. He is credited for being the first to describe several anatomical structures, including the following:
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, and earned his medical doctorate from Pisa
Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
in 1701. He is remembered for his anatomical dissections of the human body.
From 1705 until 1728, Santorini performed anatomical demonstrations in Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
. His best written work was the 1724 publication of Observationes anatomicae, which is a detailed work concerning anatomical aspects of the human body. He is credited for being the first to describe several anatomical structures, including the following:
- Santorini's cartilage: The corniculate cartilage of the larynxLarynxThe larynx , commonly called the voice box, is an organ in the neck of amphibians, reptiles and mammals involved in breathing, sound production, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. It manipulates pitch and volume...
. - Santorini's concha: The superior nasal concha (turbinate).
- Duct of Santorini: An accessory duct of the pancreasPancreasThe pancreas is a gland organ in the digestive and endocrine system of vertebrates. It is both an endocrine gland producing several important hormones, including insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin, as well as a digestive organ, secreting pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes that assist...
. - Santorini's fissures: Vertical fissures in the anterior part of the cartilageCartilageCartilage is a flexible connective tissue found in many areas in the bodies of humans and other animals, including the joints between bones, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the elbow, the knee, the ankle, the bronchial tubes and the intervertebral discs...
of the external acoustic meatus (ear canal). - Santorini's minor caruncleMinor duodenal papillaThe minor duodenal papilla is the opening of the accessory pancreatic duct into the duodenum. It is sometimes absent, and often nonfunctional.The other names of minor duodenal papilla is Santorini's minor caruncle....
: Location of the opening of the accessory pancreatic ductPancreatic ductThe pancreatic duct, or duct of Wirsung , is a duct joining the pancreas to the common bile duct to supply pancreatic juices which aid in digestion provided by the "exocrine pancreas"...
into the duodenumDuodenumThe duodenum is the first section of the small intestine in most higher vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds. In fish, the divisions of the small intestine are not as clear and the terms anterior intestine or proximal intestine may be used instead of 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 AlbinusBernhard Siegfried AlbinusBernhard Siegfried Albinus was a German-born Dutch anatomist.Albinus was born at Frankfurt , where his father, Bernhard Albinus , was professor of the practice of medicine...
(1697–1770). - Santorini's vein: Vein which passes through the parietal foramenParietal foramenAt the back part of the parietal bone and close to the upper or sagittal border is the parietal foramen, which transmits the parietal emissary vein which anastamoses with the superior sagittal sinus, and sometimes a small branch of the occipital artery; it is not constantly present, and its size...
and links the superior sagittal sinusSuperior sagittal sinusThe superior sagittal sinus , within the human head, is an unpaired area along the attached margin of falx cerebri. It allows blood to drain from the lateral aspects of anterior cerebral hemispheres to the confluence of sinuses...
with veins of the scalp. - Santorini's plexus: plexsus of veins found in the cave of retzius.