Karl Langer

Selected writings

• Zur Anatomie und Physiologie der Haut, 1861 – later translated into English as "The anatomy and physiology of the skin".
• Wachsthum des menschlichen Skeletes mit Bezug auf den Riesen, 1872 – Growth of the human skeleton with respect to gigantism.
• Lehrbuch der systematischen und topographischen Anatomie, 1882 – Textbook of systematic and topographical anatomy.
• Anatomie der äusseren Formen des menschlichen Körpers, 1884 – Anatomy of the external forms of the human body.

  Anatomical terms

• Langer's arch: Also known as the "pectorodorsalis muscle" or as the "axillary arch muscle".
• Langer lines: Cleavage lines that correspond to the alignment of collagen fibers within the dermis.