Contributions To Anatomy
Sylvius made a valuable service by giving a name to the muscles, which until then had simply referred to by numbers. These numbers were arbitrarily assigned by different authors. He was the first anatomist to publish descriptions of satisfactory pterygoid process and the sphenoid bone and bone clinoideo tear. He gave a good description of the sphenoid sinus in an adult, but denied its existence in children. Sylvus also wrote about the vertebrae, but described incorrecty the sternum.His discoveries on the anatomy of the brain were very important, some of which took its name from him (the aqueduct of Sylvius, the fissure of Sylvius and the middle cerebral artery).
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