anatomy historical aspects 350 B.C. Diocles of Carystos Greece wrote the first book on anatomy described the ileocecal valve

Aristotle 384B.C. – 322B.C. he was able to identify and distinguish the jejenum colon cecum sigmoid colon and rectum

Marinos c.100 A.D. Roman discovered mesenteric nodes

Aretaeus of Cappadocia about 100-200A.D. stomach and bowel- believed that digestion ook place not only in the stomach but also in the intestine Aretaeus understood that the portal vein drained stomach and intestines to liver and then to the inferior vena cava da

Carpi Berengario 1470- Modena anatomist first to describe the vermiform appendix

 

Vesalius Andreas 1514-1564 wrote a series of texts published as seven books under the title “Fabrica” book 5 was on the abdominal viscera discusses the vermiform appendix cecum