Terminologia Anatomica (TA) is the international standard on human anatomic terminology. It was developed by the Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology (FCAT) and the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) and was released in 1998.[1] It supersedes the previous standard, Nomina Anatomica.[2] Terminologia Anatomica contains terminology for about 7500 human gross (macroscopic) anatomical structures.[3]
Categories of anatomical structures
The TA divides anatomical structures into the following main categories (Latin standard in parentheses) :
A01: General anatomy (anatomia generalis)
Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Anatomy/Articles#1.General_anatomy
- General terms
- Parts of human body
- Planes, lines and regions
A02: Bones (ossa)
Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Anatomy/Articles#2.Bones
- General terms
- Cranium
- Bones of cranium
- Vertebral column
- Thoracic column
- Bones of upper limb
- Bones of lower limb
A03: Joints (juncturae)
Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Anatomy/Articles#3.Joints
- General terms
- Joints of skull
- Vertebral joints
- Thoracic joints
- Joints of pelvic girdle
- Joints of upper limb
- Joints of lower limb
A04: Muscles (musculi)
Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Anatomy/Articles#4.Muscles
- General terms
- Muscles of head
- Muscles of neck
- Muscles of back
- Muscles of thorax
- Muscles of abdomen
- Muscles of upper limb
- Muscles of lower limb
- Tendon sheaths and bursae
A05: Alimentary system (systema digestorium)
A06: Respiratory system (systema respiratorium)
A07: Thoracic cavity (cavitas thoracis)
A08: Urinary system (systema urinarium)
Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Anatomy/Articles#8.Urinary_system
A09: Genital systems (systemata genitalia)
Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Anatomy/Articles#9.Genital_systems
- Female internal genitalia
- Female external genitalia
- Male internal genitalia
- Male external genitalia
- Perineum
A10: Abdominopelvic cavity (cavitas abdominis et pelvis)
A11: Endocrine glands (glandulae endocrinae)
A12: Cardiovascular system (systema cardiovasculare)
- General terms
A13: Lymphoid system (systema lymphoideum)
- Primary lymphoid organs
- Secondary lymphoid organs
- Regional lymph nodes
A14: Nervous system (systema nervosum)
Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Anatomy/Articles#14.Nervous_system
- General terms
A15: Sense organs (organa sensuum)
Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Anatomy/Articles#15.Sense_organs
A16: The integument (integumentum commune)
See also
References
- ^ Terminologia Anatomica at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ^ Terminologia Anatomica: International Anatomical Terminology. New York: Thieme Medical Publishers. 1988. ISBN 0-86577-808-6.
- ^ "Connecting Medical Informatics And ... - Google Book Search". books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=mJTlhoe6t4wC&pg=PA665&lpg=PA665&dq=%22Terminologia+anatomica%22+number+of+terms&source=web&ots=vSFUOJLnLC&sig=OnXdFulotZbQu1A8LzwoRE5Bbho&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA666,M1. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
External links
- Japanese site, 2 at Keio University
- Spanish site at iqb.es
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