Chmielewski Piotr Paweł
Division of Anatomy, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland.
Clin Anat. 2024 Mar;37(2):193-200. doi: 10.1002/ca.24109. Epub 2023 Aug 19.
Effective communication and precise navigation within the intricacies of the human body rely on robust anatomical terminology. Since its creation by the Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology (FCAT), the Terminologia Anatomica (TA 1998) has consistently served as the benchmark in the field. However, the constant advancement of anatomical knowledge requires regular revisions, updates, and enhancements of anatomical nomenclature to accommodate the latest scientific discoveries. The recent adoption of the second edition of Terminologia Anatomica (TA 2019) by the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) has drawn attention to certain notable omissions. Despite over a century of dedicated work establishing standard anatomical terminology, specific widely recognized gross anatomical structures are still absent from the official listing in the Terminologia Anatomica. There is, however, a consensus that the inclusion of names for trivial or variably present structures should be avoided. Accordingly, this article focuses on a thoughtfully selected group of anatomical structures, which are so important that they are routinely discussed during anatomy courses, despite their exclusion from the official lists of anatomical terms. These basic structures hold fundamental importance for both anatomy education and clinical practice. Consequently, their appropriate nomenclature warrants consideration for inclusion in future editions of TA.
在人体错综复杂的结构中进行有效的沟通和精确的导航依赖于完善的解剖学术语。自解剖学术语联合委员会（FCAT）创建以来，《解剖学名词》（TA 1998）一直是该领域的基准。然而，解剖学知识的不断进步要求定期修订、更新和完善解剖学命名法，以适应最新的科学发现。国际解剖学家协会联合会（IFAA）最近采用了《解剖学名词》第二版（TA 2019），这引起了人们对某些明显遗漏的关注。尽管经过一个多世纪的不懈努力建立了标准解剖学术语，但《解剖学名词》的官方列表中仍然没有一些广为人知的大体解剖结构。然而，人们达成了一种共识，即应避免列入那些微不足道或存在变异的结构的名称。因此，本文重点关注一组经过精心挑选的解剖结构，尽管它们被排除在解剖学术语的官方列表之外，但在解剖学课程中经常被讨论，因为它们非常重要。这些基本结构对解剖学教育和临床实践都至关重要。因此，考虑将它们的合适命名法纳入未来版的TA是有必要的。
