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As anatomists we rely on the nomenclature of structures in order to describe them appropriately, particularly their orientation in respect to their surrounding. The terminology used by the anatomist to describe an organ, muscle, or nerve within the body is taught to medical students as law. Students learn to describe structures in the anatomical position, which has been accepted in the literature since the original Latin Nomina Anatomica. They therefore familiarize themselves with the use of terms such as superior, inferior, posterior and anterior to describe all anatomical structures, except in respect of the heart. The heart is still described in the original Valentine position. As anatomists we owe it to the medical and research community to correct the nomenclature to minimize confusion, and to describe the heart properly in respect to its surrounding structures. Clin. Anat. 29:285-289, 2016. (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Author(s): Loukas M, Aly I, Tubbs RS, Anderson RH
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Clinical Anatomy
Year: 2016
Volume: 29
Issue: 3
Pages: 285-289
Print publication date: 01/04/2016
Online publication date: 18/11/2015
Acceptance date: 30/10/2015
ISSN (print): 0897-3806
ISSN (electronic): 1098-2353
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ca.22666
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22666
