Jean-François Jarjavay - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Jean-François Jarjavay was a French anatomist and surgeon

Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...

who was a native of Savignac-les-Églises

Savignac-les-Églises

Savignac-les-Églises is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

in the department of Dordogne

Dordogne

Dordogne is a départment in south-west France. The départment is located in the region of Aquitaine, between the Loire valley and the High Pyrénées named after the great river Dordogne that runs through it...

. He practised medicine at the Hôpital Lourcine and Hôpital Beaujon in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, and in 1859 became a professor of anatomy.

In 1867 Jarjavay provided the first description of the morbid processes associated with subacromial bursitis

Subacromial bursitis

Subacromial bursitis is a condition caused by inflammation of the bursa that separates the superior surface of the supraspinatus tendon from the overlying coraco-acromial ligament, acromion, coracoid and from the deep surface of the deltoid muscle...

, a disorder also known as subacromial impingement syndrome. His name is lent to "Jarjavay's ligament", which is a fold of peritoneum

Peritoneum

The peritoneum is the serous membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity or the coelom — it covers most of the intra-abdominal organs — in amniotes and some invertebrates...

that is also known as a sacrouterine fold, and "Jarjavay's muscle", which is a structure arising from the ramus

Ramus

Ramus can refer to:* A branch* A portion of a bone , as in the Ramus of the mandible or Superior pubic ramus* A nerve ramus such as the Dorsal ramus of spinal nerve* Petrus Ramus...

of the ischium and inserted into the constrictor muscle of the vagina

Vagina

The vagina is a fibromuscular tubular tract leading from the uterus to the exterior of the body in female placental mammals and marsupials, or to the cloaca in female birds, monotremes, and some reptiles. Female insects and other invertebrates also have a vagina, which is the terminal part of the...