Back نومينا أناتوميكا Arabic Nomina Anatomica Catalan Nomina Anatomica Spanish Nomina Anatomica French נומינה אנטומיקה HE Nomina Anatomica Italian Nomina Anatomica Japanese Nomina Anatomica Korean Nomina Anatomica Latin Nomina Anatomica Dutch
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Nomina Anatomica (NA) was the international standard on human anatomic terminology from 1895 until it was replaced by Terminologia Anatomica in 1998.
In the late nineteenth century some 30,000 terms for various body parts were in use. The same structures were described by different names, depending (among other things) on the anatomist's school and national tradition. Vernacular translations of Latin and Greek, as well as various eponymous terms, were barriers to effective international communication. There was disagreement and confusion among anatomists regarding anatomical terminology.