title: Contribution to the anatomical nomenclature concerning general anatomy and anatomical variations.
abstract: Nomenclature of the general and variant anatomy belongs to the most neglected parts of the Latin anatomical nomenclature in Terminologia Anatomica. Although many important small structures are included in Terminologia Anatomica, when describing and teaching particular anatomy of any part of the human body, the general terms are necessary, such as planes, lines and flexion grooves. Moreover, Terminologia Anatomica contains only 149 terms of variant structures, enlisted in the parentheses to differentiate them from constant ones. They are only a rather representative selection and some more should be added, both from the educational and clinical point of view. The authors present some terms, completed with their definitions or explanations concerning the general and variant anatomy to evoke broader discussion on this topic which should issue in incorporation of proposed terms (or their equivalents) into the Terminologia Anatomica.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, V Úvalu 84, 150 06, Prague 5, Czech Republic.|Department of Health Care Studies, College of Polytechnics Jihlava, Jihlava, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kachlik
authors.affiliation: Centre of Scientific Information, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Ruská 87, 100 00, Prague 10, Czech Republic. vladimir.musil@lf3.cuni.cz.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Musil
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Care Studies, College of Polytechnics Jihlava, Jihlava, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Vaclav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baca
mesh_terms: D063405:Anatomic Variation; D000715:Anatomy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic
keywords: Anatomical nomenclature; Anatomical terminology; Anatomical variations; General anatomy