title: Human anatomy nomenclature rules for the computer age.
abstract: Information systems are increasing in importance in biomedical sciences and medical practice. The nomenclature rules of human anatomy were reviewed for adequacy with respect to modern needs. New rules are proposed here to ensure that each Latin term is uniquely associated with an anatomical entity, as short and simple as possible, and machine-interpretable. Observance of these recommendations will also benefit students and translators of the Latin terms into other languages. Clin. Anat. 30:300-302, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.affiliation: Anatomy, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.|SIB Text Mining, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baud
authors.affiliation: Anatomy, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sprumont
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014177:Translations
keywords: Latin anatomical terms; anatomical nomenclature; anatomical terminology