Discoveries

He described the semicircular canals of the inner ear (responsible for maintaining body equilibrium) and named the vagina, placenta, clitoris, palate, and cochlea (the snail-shaped organ of hearing in the inner ear).

The uterine tubes were named after him (fallopian tubes) for his work in describing them.

He declared the existence of the hymen in virgins and disproved the popular notion that the penis entered the uterus during intercourse.

Fallopio principally studied the anatomy of the head. However, investigating the structure of human reproductive organs is his most enduring legacy. He described the pair of fine channels through which eggs pass from the ovaries to the uterus, and they still bear his name: Fallopian tubes.

He discovered fallopian tubes which are the tubes that connect to the ovaries and uterus.

Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. (2010, March 14)

Gabriele Falloppio. (n.d.).