On the nomenclature of coelom-derived body cavities.
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.
Knospe
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Institut für Tieranatomie der LMU-München Veterinärstr., 13 80539 München, Germany. c.knospe@anat.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de
D000715:Anatomy; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009626:Terminology as Topic