Victor von Ebner

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Anton Gilbert Victor von Ebner, Ritter von Rosenstein (February 4, 1842 - March 20, 1925) was an Austrian anatomist and histologist who was a native of Bregenz. In 1866 he earned his doctorate from the University of Vienna, and later became a professor of histology and developmental history at the University of Graz (1873), and a professor of histology at Vienna (1888).

In addition to his work in medicine, Ebner also published works in the fields of botany and zoology. He is remembered for providing descriptions of three eponymous anatomical structures:

• Ebner's glands: A type of serous gland that is found in circumvallate papillae of the tongue.
• Ebner's lines: short period incremental lines in the dentin and cementum of the tooth.
• Ebner's reticulum: A network of nucleated cells in the seminiferous tubules.

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• Who Named It?; Victor von Ebner