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Human anatomy nomenclature rules for the computer age
Author(s) -
Neumann Paul E.,
Baud Robert,
Sprumont Pierre
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.22808
Subject(s) - nomenclature , medicine , human anatomy , term (time) , anatomy , natural language processing , computer science , taxonomy (biology) , zoology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Information systems are increasing in importance in biomedical sciences and medical practice. The nomenclature rules of human anatomy were reviewed for adequacy with respect to modern needs. New rules are proposed here to ensure that each Latin term is uniquely associated with an anatomical entity, as short and simple as possible, and machine‐interpretable. Observance of these recommendations will also benefit students and translators of the Latin terms into other languages. Clin. Anat. 30:300–302, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.