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    There are many human body parts named after people such as the islets of Langerhans or the Fallopian tubes. Which one person has given their name to the greatest mass of the average human body?

    Question #62718. Asked by gmackematix. (Feb 20 06 8:11 PM)


    mementoflash

    		Adam's apple.

    Here is a good list, although most of these I have no idea what they are:

    http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/list_of_human_anatomical_parts_named_after_people

    Feb 20 06, 10:42 PM
    gmackematix

    		A couple of likely candidates I had in mind aren't even on that list.

    Feb 21 06, 1:30 AM
    gmackematix

    		When I asked this, I was thinking of Camillio Golgi, whose "apparatus" is in most cells in the body.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgi_apparatus

    His name is also given to a sensory receptor in skeletal muscles.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgi_tendon_organ

    May 10 09, 6:00 AM

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