[Stenon or Stensen duct. How sholud we call the secretory duct of the parotid gland? Brief biography of its discoverer].
The duct of the parotid gland had been indiscriminately named Stenon's duct or Stensen's duct. In order to establish its origin we carried out a biographic search and a brief revision of the life of the great anatomist, geologist, palaeontologist, bishop and finally Saint Nicolaus Stensen.
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Servicio de ORL. Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid.
D003718:Denmark; D004850:Eponyms; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000266:history*; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic