Journal of Biomedical Education / 2014 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Frequency in Usage of Terminologia Anatomica Terms by Clinical Anatomists Table 2 Frequency of usage for TA versus non-TA terms by AACA anatomists. Boldface names are the TA preferred terms. Values for % use are ranked from high to low for TA terms, while numbers in bold indicate the highest % use for each set of terms (
). Italicized names are acceptable TA terms, but secondary to the bold TA preferred term. “% use” values do not add up to 100% for any particular question because the “other” category was not included and more than one term could be selected by respondents.
Synonymic anatomic terms % use TA preferred term Non-TA preferred term Latissimus dorsi 98.2 Dorsal latissimus 0.8 Latissimus posteri 0 Posterior latissimus 0 Medial pterygoid 94.6 Pterygoid medialis 3.6 Dorsal scapular nerve 93.7 Posterior scapular nerve 5.4 Cranial Nerves-Roman numerals 92.8 Cranial Nerves-Arabic numerals 13.5 Calcaneofibular ligament 87.4 Fibulocalcaneal ligament 12.6 Cubital fossa 84.7 Antecubital fossa 20.7 Superficial branch of radial nerve 82.7 Superficial radial nerve 34.2 Greater/lesser tubercles 80.2 Greater/lesser tuberosities 27.9 Suprarenal gland 78.4 Adrenal gland 68.3 Fibularis longus 64.0 Peroneus longus 61.3 Ligament of head of femur 61.3 Ligamentum teres 46.0 Ligamentum capitis 16.2 Lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh 59.5 Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve 68.5 Lateral sulcus 53.2 Lateral fissure 51.4 Lateral groove 1.8 Anterior circumflex humeral artery 52.3 Anterior humeral circumflex artery 58.6 Patellar ligament 51.4 Patellar tendon 56.8 Anterior/posterior preferably 46.9 Ventral/dorsal & anterior/posterior 39.6 Ventral/dorsal preferably 19.8 Ventral/dorsal only 4.5 Anterior/posterior 3.6 Great/small saphenous veins 42.3 Greater/lesser saphenous veins 64.9 Long/short saphenous veins 7.2 Superior transverse scapular ligament 36.8 Suprascapular ligament 68.5 Anular ligament 34.2 Annular ligament 66.8 Flexor digiti minimi brevis 32.4 Flexor digiti minimi 68.5 Flexor digiti quinti 12.6 Intertubercular sulcus 24.3 Intertubercular groove 64.9 Bicipital groove 63.1 Intertuberosular groove 0.9 Tuberosity of ulna 19.8 Ulnar tuberosity 84.7 Ary-epiglottic fold 16.2 Aryepiglottic fold 76.6 Deep artery of thigh 13.5 Profunda femoris artery 68.5 Deep femoral artery 66.7 Vertebrae-Roman numerals 3.6 Vertebrae-Arabic numerals 97.3