Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Clin Anat. 2021 Apr;34(3):381-386. doi: 10.1002/ca.23660. Epub 2020 Aug 24.
Regular anatomical (RA) terminology rules were developed to simplify and clarify Latin anatomical terms in a systematic manner. These rules, which prohibit conjunctions, prepositions, and appositions, and define a consistent word order pattern, are extensions of the original 1895 rule of anatomical nomenclature that anatomical terms should be as short and simple as possible. It is not coincidental that most terms in Terminologia Anatomica (TA), and many traditional terms that were not used in TA, are consistent with RA term rules, and that the RA term rules are also consistent with the guidelines for expanding short form terms to full, unique terms. The consistent form of RA terms facilitates learning and translation, and is easier for humans and machines to manipulate than terms that are not compliant with RA term rules. Despite assertions to the contrary, RA terms are proper Latin terms that simplify the anatomical terminology and, in many cases, restore traditional terms.
常规解剖学（RA）术语规则旨在以系统的方式简化和澄清拉丁语解剖学术语。这些规则禁止使用连词、介词和同位语，并定义了一致的词序模式，是对 1895 年解剖学命名规则的扩展，即解剖学术语应尽可能简短和简单。并非巧合的是，《解剖学名词》（TA）中的大多数术语，以及许多未在 TA 中使用的传统术语，都与 RA 术语规则一致，RA 术语规则也与扩展短格式术语为完整、独特术语的指南一致。RA 术语的一致形式便于学习和翻译，并且比不符合 RA 术语规则的术语更便于人类和机器操作。尽管有人断言相反，但 RA 术语是正确的拉丁语术语，它们简化了解剖学术语，在许多情况下还恢复了传统术语。
