P i s s e s me off.
2007-06-13 11:19:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Pretty much back in the day a lot of anatomists liked to name parts of the body after themselves. However, the names weren't universal and a lot of body parts had redundant names because several anatomists claimed to have "discovered" a new body part when they were actually the same thing.
2007-06-13 11:54:51 · answer #1 · answered by JJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the end of the 19th century an international commision was formed to simplify anatomical nomenclature. It was held in Basel, and the subsequent Latin terminology is designated BNA, or Basel Nomina Anatomica. Unfortunately it was not perfect, so there were many offshoots. Then there are the eponyms, structures named after their discoverers.
Thus the parotid duct is known as the ductus parotideus (BNA), also as Stenson's duct. And so on...
2007-06-14 03:19:01 · answer #2 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are not. That is why gross anatomy drives medical students up the wall.
2007-06-13 12:14:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To confuse everyone in the world.
2007-06-13 15:13:29 · answer #4 · answered by Cindy F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen!
2007-06-13 12:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by HeartOfGlass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like what, for example?
2007-06-13 11:23:30 · answer #6 · answered by RM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of the ography.
2007-06-13 11:29:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they are related.
2007-06-13 11:25:23 · answer #8 · answered by hahahalover 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
such as?
2007-06-13 11:39:19 · answer #9 · answered by a rob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋