Gabriello Fallopius

Gabriello Fallopius (1523-1562) was an Italian anatomist, born at Modena. He was professor of Anatomy at Pisa and at Padua. The Fallopian tubes which connect the ovaries with the uterus, first accurately described by him, are called after his name, as also the duct which transmits the facial nerve after it leaves the auditory nerve.

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