Introduction and anatomical terminology

2005 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Keyword(s):  
Anatomical Terminology

The venous perforators of the lower limb – A new terminology

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 650-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Kachlik ◽  
Vaclav Pechacek ◽  
Gabriela Hnatkova ◽  
Lukas Hnatek ◽  
Vladimir Musil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lower Limb ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
World Congress ◽  
International Union ◽  
Consensus Document ◽  
Anatomical Terminology ◽  
Anatomical Nomenclature ◽  
Terminologia Anatomica

Latin anatomical terminology of venous perforators (communications between superficial and deep venous systems of the lower limb) was adopted as late as 2001 as an appendix to the official nomenclature following the clinicians’ request. Terminologia Anatomica, last version of the Latin anatomical nomenclature, published in 1998, unfortunately contains no terms concerning these veins. During the 14th World Congress of the International Union of Phlebology, a consensus document was laid to expand the nomenclature of the lower limb veins, above all 36 new terms for perforators of the lower limb, both in Latin and English languages. This consensus document will be incorporated in the next version of the Terminologia Anatomica. But there are more constant and well-described ones, especially in the foot, and this article reviews in particular the current knowledge on the anatomy of the venous perforators of the whole lower limb.

Anatomy: learning the language

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 273-277
Author(s):  
Ian Peate
Keyword(s):  
Human Anatomy ◽  
Anatomical Position ◽  
Anatomy And Physiology ◽  
Anatomical Terminology ◽  
First Time ◽  
Healthcare Assistant ◽  
Assistant Practitioner

This article is the first in a series that focuses on anatomy and physiology. Human anatomy, just like any other technical subject, has its own vocabulary. When learning anatomy for the first time, it can sometimes feel like you are learning a new language. This article provides the reader with an understanding of the language used when discussing various anatomical concepts. The healthcare assistant and assistant practitioner (HCA and AP) will need to understand anatomical terminology accurately, so as to provide care that is safe and effective. The article addresses roots, prefixes and suffixes, anatomical position, regional terms, directional terms, body planes and body cavities. Each article in the series ends with a glossary of terms helping readers understand some of the terminology that has been used. A series of ‘test yourself’ questions is also provided.

Anatomical Terminology, Then and Now

1989 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. O’Rahilly
Keyword(s):  
Anatomical Terminology

The lichen Leptogium subaridum, a new Mediterranean-NW American disjunction

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Aragón ◽  
I. Martínez ◽  
M. A. G. Otálora
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Anatomical Terminology ◽  
New Localities ◽  
First Time

Several epiphytic specimens of the genus Leptogium (Ach.) Gray with a foliose thallus and numerous marginal and laminal isidia collected in central and southern Spain, and previously identified as Leptogium magnussonii Degel. & P. M. Jørg., varied considerably. Two morphological forms have been differentiated: one with clusters of granulose or coralloid, aggregated isidia, identified as typical L. magnussonii and the other with clavate to dactyliform isidia as in L. subaridum P. M. Jørg. & Goward. Meanwhile, when studying the lichen L. lichenoides from some European herbaria, three epiphytic specimens belonging to L. subaridum, one from Morocco, one from Italy and the other from Greece, were identified. These new records of the latter species extend its distribution from NW America to S Europe and N Africa. In addition, mature apothecia are reported for the first time. We briefly characterize the species based on material from the new localities using the morphological and anatomical terminology proposed in Jørgensen (1994).

scholarly journals Importance to include the term superficial musculoaponeurotic system in medical subject headings and in the international anatomical nomenclature

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia Massako Ferreira ◽  
Rafael Fagionato Locali ◽  
Guilherme Abbud Franco Lapin ◽  
Bernardo Hochman
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Medical Subject Headings ◽  
Anatomical Terminology ◽  
Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System ◽  
Anatomical Nomenclature ◽  
Mesh Database ◽  
Scientific Periodicals

PURPOSE: To investigate the relevance of the term superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) and demonstrate that this term is important enough to be added to the MeSH database and listed in International Anatomical Nomenclature. METHODS: Terms related to SMAS were selected from original articles retrieved from the ISI Web of Science and MEDLINE (PubMed) databases. Groups of terms were created to define a search strategy with high-sensitivity and restricted to scientific periodicals devoted to plastic surgery. This study included articles between January 1996 and May 2009, whose titles, abstracts, and keywords were searched for SMAS-related terms and all occurrences were recorded. RESULTS: A total of 126 original articles were retrieved from the main periodicals related to plastic surgery in the referred databases. Of these articles, 51.6% had SMAS-related terms in the abstract only, and 25.4% had SMAS-related terms in both the title and abstract. The term 'superficial musculoaponeurotic system' was present as a keyword in 19.8% of the articles. The most frequent terms were 'SMAS' (71.4%) and superficial musculoaponeurotic system (62.7%). CONCLUSION: The term SMAS refers to a structure relevant enough to start a discussion about indexing it as a keyword and as an official term in Terminologia Anatomica: International Anatomical Terminology.

scholarly journals Anatomical Terminology: Acetabulum or Cotyloid Cavity

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 108-108
Author(s):  
Marisol Bautista ◽  
◽  
Xiosmy Villacresis ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Anatomical Terminology

scholarly journals Umbilical-spinous line: a morphological term that should be included in the anatomical terminology

2013 ◽  
pp. 202-204
Author(s):  
Jorge Eduardo Duque ◽  
John Barco
Keyword(s):  
Surface Anatomy ◽  
Anatomical Terminology ◽  
Traditional Term

We argue the need to include in the International Anatomical Terminology the term "Umbilical-spinous line" for its importance as a morphological referent in bioscopic and surface anatomy. Also, in order to avoid using eponyms, it is suggested that the traditional term "McBurney point" be replaced by "supra spinous point" as being more descriptive of location.

scholarly journals Struktura znaczeniowa słownictwa anatomicznego w Nowym dykcjonarzu M.A. Troca

2020 ◽  
pp. 119-133
Author(s):  
Beata Kuryłowicz ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Medical Terminology ◽  
Uniform Size ◽  
Semantic Relationships ◽  
Anatomical Terminology ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Lexical Field

This article is an attempt to perform a semantic analysis of anatomical vocabulary collected by Michał Abraham Troc in Nowy dykcjonarz, published in Lipsk in 1764. The aim of individual analyses based on the lexical field theory is to demonstrate the meaning of lexemes, to determine their place within a field, as well as to disclose semantic relationships: synonymy, polysemy and hyponymy. The semantic analysis presented in this article clearly demonstrates abundance and differentiation of 18th century anatomical vocabulary, as well as prevalence of native over borrowed words. Among 250 names, only eleven units are borrowings from foreign languages: seven Latin and four German ones. This provides evidence there is a fundamental role of native lexis, especially colloquial vocabulary, in the formation of Polish anatomical terminology, and, more extensively, also medical terminology, in the first phase of its development which continued until the end of the 18th century. Of note is also the non-uniform arrangement of lexemes in individual fields and asymmetry in their number. Selected lexical fields are characterised by non-uniform size, different level of semantic stratification and differentiated degree of generality of words they contain. On the other hand, semantic relations observed in the analysed anatomical vocabulary, especially synonymy and polysemy, confirm there is a differentiation of anatomical lexis, on the other hand, they indicate lack of precision in expressing content by the discussed lexical units.

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