Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing (17 April 1719 â 9 November 1745), born in Giessen, was a German professor of medicine and anatomy at the University of Giessen.
The phrenicocolic ligament is called Hensing's ligament after him.
Hensing was a son of John Thomas Hensing, and his wife is Maria Juliana, the daughter of Friedrich Nitsch, the Hessian Court Assessors at the Law Faculty and Vice-Chancellor of University of Giessen.