Antonio Scarpa

Antonio Scarpa (born May 9, 1752, in Lorenzaga di Motta di Livenza; died October 31, 1832, in Pavia) was an Italian anatomist and professor at Pavia and Modena.

Scarpa began studying medicine at the age of fourteen. He was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Morgagni and Marc Antonio Caldani. Under the former, he became doctor of medicine on May 19, 1770; in 1772 he became professor at the University of Modena.

Eponyms

 * Scarpa's fascia
 * Scarpa's fluid
 * Scarpa's foramina
 * Scarpa's ganglion
 * Scarpa's hiatus
 * Scarpa's membrane
 * Scarpa's sheath
 * Scarpa's shoe
 * Scarpa's staphyloma
 * Scarpa's triangle