Giambattista or Giovanni Battista Canano (born 1515, died 29 January 1579) was a physician and anatomist, active mainly in his native Ferrara. His aristocratic...

whose University he taught anatomy as an assistant to the physician Giambattista Canano and delivered lectures on medicinal plants. During one lecture, he...

first recorded observation of the muscle is by Italian anatomist Giambattista Canano sometime before 1543. The muscle was independently discovered a few...