title: Adjectives that have different meanings in various Latin anatomical names, and expression of these adjectives in Japanese anatomical names.
abstract: In order to understand the role of Latin adjectives, international anatomical names containing the same adjectives were chosen from among the names of structures in the head and neck: these names were assorted into groups according to the actual meanings of the adjectives. When the Latin adjectives indicated the name of the structure, they signified: belonging to the structure, entering into the formation of the structure, articulating with the structure, transmitting the structure, giving attachment to the structure, or some other relationship to the structure. And, furthermore, the structures that were indicated by the same Latin adjectives might be different. In the Japanese language, those adjectives that have different meanings in other internationally accepted anatomical names were sometimes translated into different words. Because of this, some Japanese anatomical names were more concrete than the corresponding Latin anatomical names. It seemed that compound words and abbreviations, which can be formed easily in the Japanese language, made such expression possible.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Oral Anatomy, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shikano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007564:Japan; D009333:Neck / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014177:Translations