nerve of Lancisi

nerve of Lancisi
nerve of Lan·ci·si -län-'chē-zē n either of a pair of longitudinal elevations near the middle line of the upper surface of the corpus callosum
Lancisi Giovanni Maria (1654-1720)
Italian physician. The foremost Italian physician of his time, Lancisi served as professor of anatomy and medicine and as personal physician to several popes. He described the nerve of Lancisi in 1711.

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