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Vincent Bochdalek

Vincent Bochdalek is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Vincent Bochdalek rather than just read about it. In short: Vincent Alexander Bochdalek (also Vincenc or Vincenz; 11 February 1801 – 3 February 1883) was a Czech anatomist and pathologist. Bochdalek was elected as member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

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Reference excerpt

Vincent Alexander Bochdalek (also Vincenc or Vincenz; 11 February 1801 – 3 February 1883) was a Czech anatomist and pathologist. Bochdalek was elected as member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

Biography Bochdalek was born in Skřipov on 11 February 1801. He graduated from the gymnasium in Opava. 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 Litoměřice on 3 February 1883. His son, Viktor 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'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 and costal part in the 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, Vienna 1836, 19: 223–240. (With the description of the ganglion supramaxillare)

References

Further reading Matoušek, O. (March 1952). "Vincenc Alex. Bochdalek, first professor of pathological anatomy in Prague". Časopis lékařů českých. 91 (13): 407. ISSN 0008-7335. PMID 14390182. Wondrák, E. (October 1983). "The Czech anatomist and pathologist V.A. Bochdalek--100 years since his death". Časopis lékařů českých. 122 (43): 1334–1337. ISSN 0008-7335. PMID 6357470. Loukas, Marios; El-Sedfy Abraham; Tubbs R Shane; Gribben Walter B; Shoja Mohammadali M; Cermakova Andrea (October 2008). "Vincent Alexander Bochdalek (1801-1883)". World Journal of Surgery. 32 (10): 2324–2326. doi:10.1007/s00268-008-9686-6. ISSN 0364-2313. PMID 18642043. S2CID 22018607. Čech, Pavel; Kachlík, David (March 2009). "175th anniversary of Bochdalek's inaugural dissertation". Biomedical Papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacký, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. 153 (1): 83–86. doi:10.5507/bp.2009.015. ISSN 1213-8118. PMID 19365533. Haller, J. A. (1986). "Professor Bochdalek and His Hernia: Then and Now". Historical Aspects of Pediatric Surgery. Progress in Pediatric Surgery. Vol. 20. Germany. pp. 252–255. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-70825-1_18. ISBN 978-3-642-70827-5. ISSN 0079-6654. PMID 3095877.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links doctor/2607 at Whonamedit? Medical Dictionary (in Czech)

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In the classroom: Vincent Bochdalek is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1801 births, 1883 deaths, 19th-century anatomists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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