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On the Nomenclature of Coelom‐derived Body Cavities
Author(s) -
Knospe C.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2007.00832.x
Subject(s) - nomenclature , rationalization (economics) , coelom , anatomy , medicine , zoology , biology , taxonomy (biology) , philosophy , epistemology
Summary A rationalization of terms about the body cavities is urgently needed. Students and practitioners have difficulty in understanding the contradictory terms prevalent at present. For many years, the International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature has failed to bring it off; therefore some proposals for the anatomical instruction until the next edition of the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria are made.