title: [Anatomical nomenclature in ophthalmology].
abstract: The purposes of this article are: to inform ophthalmologists about the differences between the English and Portuguese list of equivalent terms for eye structures, approved by the Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology; to present the anatomical terms included in the list of medical subject headings published by the United States National Library of Medicine and translated by the Regional Library of Medicine (BIREME); propose a list of Portuguese terms of common usage by ophthalmologists.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lamy
authors.forename: Adalmir Morterá
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dantas
mesh_terms: D005123:Eye / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007802:Language; D046650:Medical Subject Headings; D009885:Ophthalmology; D010175:Pan American Health Organization; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014175:Translating