Jacopo Berengario da Carpi’s Contributions to Neuroanatomy

Jacopo Berengario da Carpi was an Italian physician. He wrote many books on anatomy and surgery. In this study, Jacopo Berengario da Carpi’s books and his contributions to neuroanatomy was researched. Berengario described vermiform appendix, arytenoid cartilage, thymus, seminal vesicle, sphenoid sinus, pineal gland, choroid plexus, tympanic membrane, auditory ossicles and he explained in detail the cardiac valves, pancreas and kidneys. Berengario clearly identified to the differences in the dimension of the chest and pelvis between males and females. Additionally, he described the vertebral column, spinal nerves, recurrent laryngeal nerve and ventricles of the brain. He depicted many anatomical structures with an artistic point of view in his drawings. It is also seen that, he mentioned on knowledge of previous physicians and made comments on this knowledge in his books. Jacopo Berengario da Carpi should be appreciated because of his valuable scientific contributions.