*The first woman to graduate medicine was Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) in 1849. The only human female eponymously affiliated with a macroscopic anatomical structure was Raissa Nitabuch (Nitabuch fibrinoid or Stria fibrinoidea interna, the internal fibrinoid layer of the maturing placenta) This moves the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) one step closer to global consensus and de-eponymificationĮponyms often reflect the gender and cultural biases of an earlier age. In the 2019 edition of Terminologica Anatomica (TA2) Terminologica Neuroanatomica (TNA) and Terminologica Emryologica (TE2) eponyms are listed as ‘related terms’. In 2015, FIPAT determined that the Latin term (official term) may have associated synonyms, or related terms and that terms in other languages be classified as equivalent terms, synonyms, or related terms. Calot’s triangle as Trigonum cystohepaticum A common compromise was to append personal names to the official Latin term e.g. Eponyms have generally been ‘prohibited’, but deemed ‘tolerable when necessary’. Over the last century the use of personal names in anatomical terms has been a contentious point of debate and delicate accommodation. femur, femoral artery, femoral vein, femoral nerve). Names that belong together should be composed as similarly as possible (e.g. The names are intended to be mere reminders and not to claim descriptions or speculative interpretations. They are also required to be as short and simple as possible. The names must be correct in Latin and linguistically. Each part to be named should only have one name.

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