Abstract

DUQUE PARRA, Jorge Eduardo; BARCO RIOS, John  and  ALDANA RUEDA, Julio Enrique. THE ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY IN COLOMBIA AND THE USE OF EPONYMS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION. Biosalud [online]. 2016, vol.15, n.1, pp.82-86. ISSN 1657-9550.  https://doi.org/10.17151/biosa.2016.15.1.9.

The aim of this work is to justify the use of anatomy language for the human beings in Medicine, which is not based on eponyms because those do not have descriptive or educational value. The common use of eponyms which a high proportion of medical doctors use in Colombia to refer to anatomical structures may occur due to the lack of awareness about the existence of an International Anatomical Terminology, which tends towards having a more precise and clear communication among health professionals, thus facilitating learning. It is necessary to encourage the use of the correct anatomical terminology in the new generation of physicians which will result in better communication and will make easier the teaching-learning process in the future.

Keywords : Anatomy; eponyms; Medicine; terminology.

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