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- Title
Herophilos: the great anatomist and neuroscientist of antiquity.
- Authors
Kayhan, Buse; İlhan, Pelin; Bayar, Şeyhmus; Candar, Esra; Şengül, Gülgün
- Abstract
Herophilos was born around 335 B.C in Chalcedon known as Kadıköy in Istanbul, Turkey. He was known as 'The Father of Anatomy'. He examined the body of animals and human comparatively. He disssected the human body and seperated brain from cerebellum. He described the brain as the seat of the intelligence. He distinguished the nerves according to their functions: 'movement (motor)' and 'sensory', and described at least six cranial nerves and the lower brainstem and spinal cord. He also identified and described several brain structures. Some of the anatomical terms which he used are still used, such as the internal surface of the occipital bone known as the Herophilos' press (torcular Herophili). His work on neuroanatomy in his age is astounding.
- Subjects
TURKEY; ISTANBUL (Turkey); HUMAN body; OCCIPITAL bone; ANATOMISTS; NEUROSCIENTISTS; CRANIAL nerves; BRAIN stem; NEUROANATOMY
- Publication
Anatomy: International Journal of Experimental & Clinical Anatomy, 2019, Vol 13, Issue S1, pS79
- ISSN
1307-8798
- Publication type
Article