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Reissner

Reissner is a German surname that appears in science and medicine, associated with several notable figures and terms named in their honor. The name is encountered in anatomy and in the theory of relativity, among other fields.

Ernst Reissner was a German anatomist who described Reissner's membrane, a thin tissue within the cochlea of

Hans Reissner was a German aerospace engineer and physicist who, together with Gunnar Nordström, formulated the

Overall, Reissner appears in reference to two prominent scientific contributions: Reissner's membrane in auditory anatomy and

the
inner
ear.
This
membrane
separates
the
scala
media
from
the
scala
vestibuli
and
contributes
to
the
compartmentalization
of
cochlear
fluids
that
are
important
for
hearing.
Reissner–Nordström
solution
in
general
relativity.
This
solution
describes
the
spacetime
outside
a
static,
spherically
symmetric
charged
mass
and
is
one
of
the
early
exact
solutions
to
Einstein's
field
equations.
the
Reissner–Nordström
metric
in
relativity.
The
surname
continues
to
be
recognized
in
discussions
of
both
inner-ear
physiology
and
gravitational
theory.