Female anatomical tubes named for an Italian doctor
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Fallopius discovered the tubes that connect the ovaries to the uterus (now known 
as ... for maintaining body equilibrium) and named the vagina, placenta, clitoris,... [DOC] [TLE] Gabriele Falloppio - Whonamedit - dictionary of medical eponyms [PAR] Italian anatomist, born 1523, Modena; died October 9, 1562, Padua.