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Johann Friedrich Meckel the Elder (July 31, 1724 – September 18, 1774) was a German anatomist born in Wetzlar. He often has "the Elder" appended to his name to avoid confusion with his famous grandson Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781–1833), who was also an anatomist and often has "the Younger" included with his name. The elder Meckel's son, Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel (1756–1803) and another grandson, August Albrecht Meckel (1790–1829) were also anatomists. Meckel earned his medical doctorate from the University of Göttingen in 1748, where in his thesis ''Tractatus anatomico physiologicus de quinto pare nervorum cerebri'' he documented his discovery of the submandibular ganglion. Subsequently, he moved to Berlin, where he worked as a prosector and taught classes on midwifery. In 1751 he became a professor of anatomy, botany and obstetrics. In 1773, Meckel was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. ==Eponyms== Meckel has a number of anatomical eponyms associated with him: * ''Meckel's space'' or ''Meckel's cave'': A cavity in the dura mater over the petrous portion of the temporal bone that covers the trigeminal ganglion. * ''Meckel's ganglion'': better known as the sphenopalatine ganglion, which is a small parasympathetic ganglion in the upper part of the sphenomaxillary fissure giving off nerves to the eyes, nose, and palate. * ''Meckel's ligament'': a portion of the anterior ligament that fastens the malleus to the wall of the tympanic membrane. This structure may be named after Meckel's son, Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel. Meckel's cave was described by Meckel in his undergraduate dissertation on the trigeminal nerve. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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