Vincent Bochdalek 3094337 194825329 2008-02-29T04:01:09Z McM.bot 3453363 robot Adding: [[pl:Vincent Bochdalek]] '''Vincent Alexander Bochdalek''' ([[1801]] – [[February 3]], [[1883]]) was a [[Bohemian]] [[anatomist]]. His first name has also been given as ''Vincenc'' and ''Vincenz''. ==Biography== Bochdalek was born in [[Litoměřice|Litoměřice]]. He obtained his doctorate in 1833 in [[Prague]], where he was later professor of anatomy for several decades. He retired in 1874, settling in [[Litoměřice]] and later dying in Prague. His son, [[Victor Bochdalek]] (1835-1868), became a prominent physician in his own right. ==Associated eponyms:== * '''Bochdalek's cyst''': a congenital [[cyst]] at the root of the tongue. * '''Bochdalek's flower basket''': part of the [[choroid plexus]] of the [[fourth ventricle]] protruding through the lateral bursa (recessus lateralis) of the fourth ventricle ([[Luschka]]'s foramen). * '''[[Bochdalek's foramen]]''': a congenital defective opening through the diaphragm, connecting pleural and peritoneal cavities. * '''Bochdalek's ganglion''': a [[ganglion]] of dental nerve in the jaw ([[maxilla]]) above the root of the canine teeth. * '''[[Bochdalek hernia|Bochdalek's hernia]]''': [[Congenital diaphragmatic hernia]] which allows protrusion of abdominal viscera into the chest. * '''Bochdalek's triangle''': the lumbocostal triangle, a triangle-shaped slit in the muscle plate between lumbar or sternal part in the [[diaphragm (anatomy)|diaphragm]] and the 12th rib. * '''Bochdalek's valve''': a fold of membrane in the [[lacrimal duct]] near the punctum lacrimale. Another name for this structure is Foltz' valvule; named after French [[ophthalmologist]] Jean Charles Eugène Foltz (1822-1876). * '''Vater's duct''': a duct that in the embryo connects the thyroid diverticulum and the posterior part of the tongue. ==Bibliography== *Anleitung zur praktischen Zergliederung des menschlichen Gehirns nebst einer anatomischen Beschreibung desselben mit besonderer Rücksicht auf das kleine Gehirn. 1833. *Neue Untersuchungen und genaue Würdigung der Nerven des Ober- und Unterkiefers. *Medizinische Jahrbücher des kaiserlich-königlichen österreichischen Staates, Wien, 1836, 19: 223-240. (With the description of the ganglion supramaxillare) ==External links== * {{WhoNamedIt|doctor|2607}} * [http://www.maxdorf.cz/maxdorf/vls/index.php?action=detail&id=3779&ctest=1 Medical Dictionary] {{cs icon}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bochdalek, Vincent}} [[Category:anatomists]] [[Category:Czech anatomists]] [[Category:1801 births]] [[Category:1883 deaths]] [[de:Vincent Alexander Bochdalek]] [[pl:Vincent Bochdalek]]