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Caput V: SYSTEMA DIGESTORIUM Chapter 5: DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
2886 Canalis digestorius Canalis Digestive canal Digestive canal Alimentary canal Gastrointestinal canal
oesophagogastrointestinalis
2887 OESOPHAGUS OESOPHAGUS ESOPHAGUS Endnote 428
2888 Tunica adventitia oesophagi Adventitia of oesophagus Adventitia of esophagus Adventitial coat of esophagus
2889 Tunica muscularis oesophagi Muscular layer of oesophagus Muscular layer of esophagus Muscular coat of esophagus
2890 Tendo cricooesophageus Crico-oesophageal tendon Cricoesophageal tendon Tendo cricoesophageus
Endnote 429
2891 Tela submucosa oesophagi Submucosa of oesophagus Submucosa of esophagus Submucosal layer of esophagus
2892 Tunica mucosa oesophagi Mucosa of oesophagus Mucosa of esophagus Mucous membrane of esophagus
2893 Glandulae oesophageae Oesophageal glands Esophageal glands Glandulae oesophagicae
2894 Pars cervicalis oesophagi Cervical part of oesophagus Cervical part of esophagus Pars colli
2895 Pars thoracica oesophagi Thoracic part of oesophagus Thoracic part of esophagus Pars thoracicalis oesophagi
2896 Constrictio bronchoaortica Constrictio partis thoracicae Broncho-aortic constriction Bronchoaortic constriction Thoracic constriction
oesophagi
2897 Constrictio diaphragmatica Constrictio phrenica Diaphragmatic constriction Diaphragmatic constriction
2898 Pars abdominalis oesophagi Abdominal part of oesophagus Abdominal part of esophagus
2899 Tunica serosa oesophagi Serosa of oesophagus Serosa of esophagus Serous coat of esophagus
2900 Tela subserosa oesophagi Subserosa of oesophagus Subserosa of esophagus Subserous layer of esophagus
2933 INTESTINUM TENUE SMALL INTESTINE SMALL INTESTINE Small bowel Endnote 435
2934 Tunica serosa intestini tenuis Serosa of small intestine Serosa of small intestine Serous coat of small intestine
2935 Tela subserosa intestini tenuis Subserosa of small intestine Subserosa of small intestine Subserous layer of small intestine
2936 Tunica muscularis intestini tenuis Muscular layer of small intestine Muscular layer of small intestine Muscular coat of small intestine Endnote 436
3009 CANALIS ANALIS ANAL CANAL ANAL CANAL Pars analis recti
Endnote 444
3010 Flexura anorectalis Flexura perinealis Anorectal flexure Anorectal flexure Perineal flexure Flexura perinealis recti
3011 Junctio anorectalis Anorectal junction Anorectal junction
3012 Columnae anales Anal columns Anal columns Rectal columns Columnae rectales; Columnae
Morgagnii; Columns of Morgagni
3013 Sinus anales Anal sinuses Anal sinuses Rectal sinuses; Anal crypts Sinus rectales; Cryptae anales;
Sinuses of Morgagni
3014 Valvulae anales Anal valves Anal valves Ball's valves
3015 Linea pectinata Pectinate line Pectinate line Dentate line Linea anorectalis
3016 Pecten analis Zona transitionalis analis Anal pecten Anal pecten Anal transitional zone Stroud's pecten
3017 Linea anocutanea Anocutaneous line Anocutaneous line Linea alba Hiltoni; White line of
Hilton
3018 Sphincter internus ani Musculus sphincter ani internus Internal anal sphincter Internal anal sphincter Internal anal sphincter muscle
3019 Sulcus intersphinctericus Intersphincteric groove Intersphincteric groove
3020 Sphincter externus ani Musculus sphincter ani externus External anal sphincter External anal sphincter External anal sphincter muscle
3021 Corrugator cutis ani Musculus corrugator cutis ani Corrugator cutis ani Corrugator cutis ani Corrugator cutis ani muscle
3022 Anus Anus Anus Endnote 445
3091 Ductus biliares extrahepatici Extrahepatic bile ducts Extrahepatic bile ducts
3092 Ductus hepaticus communis Common hepatic duct Common hepatic duct Endnote 454
3212 Arbor tracheobronchialis Arbor bronchialis Tracheobronchial tree Tracheobronchial tree Bronchial tree
3213 TRACHEA TRACHEA TRACHEA
3214 Pars cervicalis tracheae Cervical part of trachea Cervical part of trachea Pars tracheae colli
3215 Pars thoracica tracheae Thoracic part of trachea Thoracic part of trachea
3216 Paries membranaceus tracheae Paries posterior tracheae Membranous wall of trachea Membranous wall of trachea Posterior wall of trachea
3217 Tunica fibromusculocartilaginea Fibromusculocartilaginous layer of Fibromusculocartilaginous layer Fibromusculocartilaginous coat of
tracheae trachea of trachea trachea
3218 Cartilagines tracheales Tracheal cartilages Tracheal cartilages
3219 Musculus trachealis Trachealis muscle Trachealis muscle
3220 Ligamenta anularia tracheae Ligamenta trachealia Annular ligaments of trachea Annular ligaments of trachea Anular ligaments of trachea
3221 Tela submucosa tracheae Submucosa of trachea Submucosa of trachea Submucosal layer of trachea
3222 Tunica mucosa tracheae Mucosa of trachea Mucosa of trachea Mucous membrane of trachea
3223 Glandulae tracheales Tracheal glands Tracheal glands
3224 Bifurcatio tracheae Tracheal bifurcation Tracheal bifurcation
3225 Carina tracheae Carina of trachea Carina of trachea Endnote 472
3546 Organa genitalia feminina Female external genitalia Female external genitalia Female external genital organs Partes genitales femininae
externa externae
3547 Vulva Vulva Vulva Pudendum femininum; Pudendum
muliebre
3548 Mons pubis Mons pubis Mons pubis Mons veneris
3549 Labium majus vulvae Labium majus of vulva Labium majus of vulva Labium majus pudendi
3550 Commissura anterior labiorum Commissura labiorum anterior Anterior commissure of labia Anterior commissure of labia Commissura labiorum ventralis
3551 Commissura posterior labiorum Commissura labiorum posterior Posterior commissure of labia Posterior commissure of labia Commissura labiorum dorsalis
3552 Rima vulvae Cleft of vulva Cleft of vulva Rima pudendi; Pudendal cleft
3553 Labium minus vulvae Labium minus of vulva Labium minus of vulva Labium minus pudendi
3554 Frenulum labiorum vulvae Frenulum of labia minora Frenulum of labia minora Fourchette Frenulum labiorum pudendi
3555 Preputium clitoridis Praeputium clitoridis Prepuce of clitoris Prepuce of clitoris
3556 Frenulum clitoridis Frenulum of clitoris Frenulum of clitoris
3557 Ostium externum urethrae Ostium urethrae externum External orifice of female urethra External orifice of female urethra Female external urethral orifice; Ostium urethrae externum;
femininae Female external urethral meatus Orificium urethrae externum
3558 Vestibulum vaginae Vestibule of vagina Vestibule of vagina Vaginal vestibule
3559 Fossa vestibuli vaginae Vestibular fossa Vestibular fossa Fossa navicularis vestibuli vaginae
3560 Bulbus vestibuli Bulb of vestibule Bulb of vestibule Corporis spongiosum clitoridis
3561 Commissura bulborum vestibuli Commissure of bulbs of vestibule Commissure of bulbs of vestibule Pars intermedia bulborum
3562 Ostium vaginae Vaginal orifice Vaginal orifice Orificium vaginae
3563 Glandula vestibularis major Greater vestibular gland Greater vestibular gland Glandulae Bartholini; Bartholin's
gland; Duverney's gland,
Tiedemann's gland
3564 Glandulae vestibulares minores Lesser vestibular glands Lesser vestibular glands
3565 Clitoris Clitoris Clitoris
3566 Crus clitoridis Crus of clitoris Crus of clitoris
3567 Corpus clitoridis Body of clitoris Body of clitoris
3568 Glans clitoridis Glans of clitoris Glans of clitoris
3569 Corpus cavernosum clitoridis Corpus cavernosum of clitoris Corpus cavernosum of clitoris
3570 Septum corporum cavernosorum Septum of corpora cavernosa of Septum of corpora cavernosa of Septum pectiniforme
clitoridis clitoris clitoris
3571 Fascia clitoridis Fascia of clitoris Fascia of clitoris Deep fascia of clitoris
3574 SYSTEMA GENITALE MALE GENITAL SYSTEM ♂ MALE GENITAL SYSTEM ♂ Organa genitalia masculina;
MASCULINUM ♂ Organa genitalia virilia; Male
reproductive system
3575 Organa genitalia masculina Male internal genitalia Male internal genitalia Male internal genital organs Partes genitales masculinae
interna internae; Partes genitales viriliae
internae
3576 Testis Orchis Testis Testis Testicle
3577 Polus superior testis Extremitas superior testis Superior pole of testis Superior pole of testis Upper pole Extremitas capitalis testis
3578 Polus inferior testis Extremitas inferior testis Inferior pole of testis Inferior pole of testis Lower pole Extremitas caudalis testis
3579 Ligamentum scrotale Scrotal ligament Scrotal ligament
3580 Facies lateralis testis Lateral surface of testis Lateral surface of testis
3581 Facies medialis testis Medial surface of testis Medial surface of testis
3582 Margo anterior testis Anterior border of testis Anterior border of testis Margo liber testis
3583 Margo posterior testis Posterior border of testis Posterior border of testis Margo mesorchicus testis
3584 Tunica vaginalis testis Tunica vaginalis testis Tunica vaginalis testis Tunica vaginalis propria testis
3585 Tunica serosa tunicae vaginalis Serosa of tunica vaginalis testis Serosa of tunica vaginalis testis Serous coat of tunica vaginalis
testis testis
3586 Tela subserosa tunicae vaginalis Subserosa of tunica vaginalis Subserosa of tunica vaginalis Subserous layer of tunica vaginalis
testis testis testis testis
3587 Lamina parietalis tunicae Parietal layer of tunica vaginalis Parietal layer of tunica vaginalis Periorchium
vaginalis testis testis testis
3588 Cavitas tunicae vaginalis testis Cavity of tunica vaginalis testis Cavity of tunica vaginalis testis Cavum tunicae vaginalis testis
3589 Lamina visceralis tunicae Visceral layer of tunica vaginalis Visceral layer of tunica vaginalis Epiorchium
vaginalis testis testis testis
3590 Ligamentum superius Ligamentum epididymidis superius Superior ligament of epididymis Superior ligament of epididymis Plica capitis epididymidis
epididymidis
3591 Ligamentum inferius epididymidis Ligamentum epididymidis inferius Inferior ligament of epididymis Inferior ligament of epididymis Plica caudae epididymidis
3592 Sinus epididymidis Sinus of epididymis Sinus of epididymis Bursa testicularis
3593 Tunica albuginea testis Tunica albuginea of testis Tunica albuginea of testis
3594 Tunica vasculosa testis Vascular layer of testis Vascular layer of testis Vascular coat of testis
3595 Mediastinum testis Mediastinum of testis Mediastinum of testis Corpus Highmori; Body of
Highmore
3596 Septula testis Septa testis Septa testis Saeptula testis
3597 Lobuli testis Lobules of testis Lobules of testis
3598 Parenchyma testis Parenchyma of testis Parenchyma of testis
3599 Tubuli seminiferi contorti Convoluted seminiferous tubules Convoluted seminiferous tubules Seminiferous tubules Tubuli contorti
3600 Tubuli seminiferi recti Tubuli recti testis Straight tubules Straight tubules
3601 Rete testis Rete testis Rete testis Rete Halleri; Haller's rete
3602 Ductuli efferentes testis Efferent ductules Efferent ductules
3603 Epididymis Epididymis Epididymis Endnote 516
3604 Caput epididymidis Head of epididymis Head of epididymis
3605 Lobuli epididymidis Coni epididymidis Lobules of epididymis Lobules of epididymis Conical lobules of epididymis
3606 Corpus epididymidis Body of epididymis Body of epididymis
3661 Organa genitalia masculina Male external genitalia Male external genitalia Male external genital organs
externa
3662 Penis Penis Penis
3663 Radix penis Root of penis Root of penis
3664 Corpus penis Body of penis Body of penis
3665 Crus penis Crus of penis Crus of penis Crus corporis cavernosi penis
3666 Dorsum penis Dorsum of penis Dorsum of penis
3667 Facies urethralis penis Urethral surface Urethral surface
3668 Glans penis Glans penis Glans penis
3669 Corona glandis penis Corona of glans penis Corona of glans penis
3808 Fasciae viscerales cavitatis Visceral fascia of Visceral fascia of Fascia visceralis
abdominopelvicae abdominopelvic cavity abdominopelvic cavity
3809 Fasciae viscerales abdominis Fasciae viscerales abdominales Abdominal visceral fascia Abdominal visceral fascia Fascia visceralis abdominalis
3810 Fascia propria organi Fascia of abdominal organ Fascia of abdominal organ
abdominalis
3811 Fasciae viscerales pelvis Fasciae viscerales pelvicae Pelvic visceral fascia Pelvic visceral fascia Fascia visceralis pelvis
3812 Fascia propria organi pelvici Fascia of pelvic organ Fascia of pelvic organ
406 Papilla parotidea. A small papilla marks the orifice of the parotid duct in the mucous membrane of the cheek. It can readily be recognized and is used to inject radio-opaque fluid into the duct and its branches.
It was not named in the B.N.A. [PNA, 1955]
407 Palatum durum. The term “Palatum durum” should be differentiated from the term “Palatum osseum” which has already been given to the bony palate in the section on Osteology. [PNA, 1955]
408 Palatum molle. [Velum palatinum] has been added as an alternative term. [NA3, 1966]
409 Gingiva. Margo gingivalis, Papilla gingivalis [interdentalis] and Sulcus gingivalis are new additions. [NA4, 1977]
410 Cavitas oris. The Committee have followed the Histology Subcommittee in substituting Cavitas for Cavum throughout this section. [NA4, 1977]
411 Glandulae salivariae. Terms for Glandulae salivariae have been rearranged to accord with Nomina Histologica. [NA4, 1977]
412 Glandula parotidea. The current surgical description of the Glandula parotis has not been accepted, as it fails to represent anatomical findings. [PNA, 1955]
413 Glandula submandibularis. The reasons for the change in the name of the submaxillary gland will be obvious. The same change was introduced in the J.N.A. and the B.R. [PNA, 1955]
414 Periodontium. This term was preferred to the B.N.A. term “Periosteum alveolare” for it would appear that it is in constant use amongst dental surgeons. [PNA, 1955] The periodontium consists of the
periodontal ligament, cementum, alveolar bone and gingiva.
415 Pars anterior linguae. [Pars presulcalis]. This informative term [Pars presulcalis] has been added to provide a means of distinguishing the major divisions of the dorsum linguae. [NA4, 1977]
416 Sulcus terminalis linguae. At the boundary line between the anlagen there remains, as a rule throughout life, an angular broken furrow, the Sulcus terminalis linguae. The posterior end of the furrow terminates
in the Foramen caecum while the anterior end terminates in front of the Arcus palatoglossus on either side. The arched line of the Papillae vallatae lies 5-8 mm. in front of the Sulcus terminalis in the region of the
body proper of the tongue. [BNA, 1895]
417 Pars posterior linguae. [Pars postsulcalis]. This informative term [Pars postsulcalis] has been added to provide a means of distinguishing the major divisions of the dorsum linguae. [NA4, 1977]
418 Foramen caecum linguae. From the Foramen caecum a duct, the Ductus lingualis, often extends to a depth of ½ to 1 cm. or even more in the direction of the hyoid bone. This duct is a remnant of the
embryonic Ductus thyreoglossus, which at the end of the first month extended from the oro-pharyngeal cavity to the median anlage of the thyreoid gland. [BNA, 1895]
419 Fauces. This term includes a triangular area on the lateral wall of the pharynx which provides the site for the Palatine tonsil. It is convenient to include the “Velum palatinum” as the roof of the isthmus faucium.
[PNA, 1955]
420 Plica triangularis. The Arcus glossopalatinus, originating from two pharyngeal arches, ends medialward in a sharply defined triangular fold of mucous membrane, the Plica triangularis. The latter begins narrow
above and broadens at its junction with the tongue. [BNA, 1895] The Plica triangularis is a fold of mucous membrane of variable size extending backwards from the Arcus palatoglossus and covering the
anteroinferior part of the Tonsilla palatina: it is said to be most evident in late fetal life and helps to bound the Fossa tonsillaris. [NA2, 1961]
422 Fossa tonsillaris. Posteriorly and laterally [to the Plica triangularis] lies a recess, the Sinus tonsillaris, which is deep in the fetus and from the base of which the pharyngeal tonsil originates. According to the
size and extension of the adenoid proliferation the following different possibilities may arise: 1. The tonsil stands out from the rest of the sinus as a sharply defined elevation and above it lies the Fossa
supratonsillaris which extends upward for some distance. 2. The tonsil almost entirely fills the sinus yet the Fossa supratonsillaris may still be open. The Plica triangularis flatly overlies the lower part of the tonsil
and coalesces with it, but without losing its sharp outline. 3. Lymph nodules may be formed on the free surface of the Plica triangularis and in extreme cases their delimitation from the tonsil is lost. [BNA, 1895]
423 Fossa supratonsillaris. The curved fold which connects the Arcus palatoglossus to the Arcus palatopharyngeus and always contains lymphoid tissue, was not regarded as a part of the tonsil. [PNA, 1955]
424 Bursa pharyngea. In regard to the Bursa pharyngea I refer also to the detailed discussion by Merkel (1. c. p. 413). In my opinion the Bursa pharyngea must be brought into relation with the archings of the
posterior pharyngeal wall caused by the Mm. recti capitis anteriores. If observed from the posterior side, the pharynx shows three ridge like prominences in the region of their attachments. The two lateral ridges are
the pouches of Rosenmueller seen from without. The ridge lying in the medial plane attached to the Tuberculum pharyngeum oss. occipitalis pushes between the two muscle attachments and it corresponds, before
a profuse development of the tonsil occurs, to a median longitudinal furrow on the inner surface of the posterior wall of the pharynx. The pharyngeal tonsil, similar to the lingual tonsil, shows at the time of its first
appearance a system of downward converging folds with intervening furrows. The middle one of these furrows leads to the Bursa pharyngea; therefore, Merkel readily interpreted the Bursa as a median slit of the
tonsil. [BNA, 1895]
425 Torus levatorius. This term designates the fold of mucous membrane which covers the Mm. levator veli palatini in the lateral wall of the nasal part of the pharynx and forms a slight projection. [PNA, 1955]
426 Recessus pharyngeus [Rosenmulleri]. Merkel, in his Topographic Anatomy (Vol I. p. 416), differentiates after Tourtual the Recessus infundibuliformis [Rosenmulleri] from the lateral groove of the pharynx
leading to it; the latter he designates with Tourtual as Sinus faucium lateralis. The Commission has not adopted this term. Characteristic for Rosenmuller’s recessus is its position behind the cartilaginous Tuba
Eustachii, while the Tourtual-Merkel’s Sinus lateralis is situated farther down behind the Plica salpingopharyngea. [BNA, 1895]
427 Vallecula epiglottica. The names for this fossa and its associated folds were included in the B.N.A. in the section dealing with the larynx. The names given have not been changed but their position in the list
has been considered modified. [PNA, 1955]
428 Oesophagus. Oesophagus is still current and etymologically correct. The diphthong is also a guide to pronunciation. [NA4, 1977]
429 Tendo crico-oesophageus. This term was not included in the B.N.A. but the structure designated is of importance as it gives origin to the longitudinal fibres of the oesophagus from the upper part of the
posterior aspect of the lamina of the cricoid cartilage. [PNA, 1955]
430 Gaster. This alternative term for the “Ventriculus” is inserted here as in the B.N.A., because the use of the adjective “Ventricularis” would be misleading and the adjective “Gastricus” has long been in general
use on this account. [PNA, 1955] Despite the fact that almost everything associated with the “ventriculus” is gastric, the Committee were by majority unable to prefer gaster. [NA4, 1977] Since almost everything
associated with the “ventriculus” is gastric, the Committee preferred gaster. [NA5, 1983]
431 Incisura angularis. This term has come into general use since the introduction of the Xrays, and the adoption of the normal practice of utilizing the erect attitude when photographing the barium-filled stomach.
It is always obvious as the most dependent point on the lesser curvature. The “Incisura cardiaca” and other Incisurae in connection with the alimentary tract have a similar origin. [PNA, 1955]
432 Tela subserosa. This term has been inserted here and at other appropriate points in the list. [NA2, 1961]
433 Areae gastricae. Areae gastricae are elevations of the mucous membrane of the stomach which correspond to glandular groups existing especially in the Etat mamelonné but also under other conditions.
[BNA, 1895]
435 Intestinum tenue. Many of the general terms below this heading (e.g., tunica serosa) were repeated under every subdivision of the alimentary canal in the 3rd edition. These redundancies have been removed.
They are, of course, histological and micro-anatomical terms which might be omitted altogether. [NA4, 1977]
436 Tunicae muscularis intestini tenuis. Stratum helicoidale longi gradus/Stratum helicoidale brevis gradus. These new terms recognize that the disposition of the fibres in the muscular layers of the wall of the
small intestine is not truly longitudinal or circular but helicoidal with a long pitch and a short pitch respectively. Carey E.J. 1921. “Studies on the Structure and Function of the Small Intestine.” Anat Rec 21: 189-216.
[TA, 1998]
437 Bulbus duodeni. [Ampulla duodeni]. A new term to cover the “duodenal cap” of radiological anatomy. A true duodenal ampulla is present in some domesticated animals. [NA4, 1977]
438 Pars horizontalis duodeni. The majority of anatomists regard the horizontal and inferior parts of the duodenum as the same and this is indicated in the terminology now adopted. [NA2, 1961]
439 Caecum. This adjective is here used as a noun, and Rectum is used in a similar manner. The committee was of opinion that use and wont had already determined this procedure. [PNA, 1955]
440 Ostium ileale. [Valva ileocaecalis]. The word “Valva” is also used in connection with the orifices of the heart. The B.N.A. “Valvula coli” was changed to this term, which, it was felt, was more accurate. It is
appreciated now that the functioning valve is the sphincter muscle of the terminal ileum and the lips of the valve need no longer be named. The Frenulum of the valve exists as a vestige. [PNA, 1955] Valva is
preferable to valvula (B.N.A.). [NA4, 1977] The ileal orifice is found at the apex of the papilla ilealis. While the orifice may have lips which meet at the frenula, it is no longer appropriate to describe these structures
as constituting an ileocaecal valve, the mechanism for closure of the orifice lying in the terminal ileum. Rosenberg J.C. and DiDio L.J.A. 1969. “In Vivo Appearance and Function of the Ileum as Observed Directly
Through a Caecostomy.” Am J Gastroenterol 52: 411-419. [TA, 1998]
441 Appendix vermiformis. The B.N.A. term “Processus vermiformis” has never been adopted generally and the Committee was of opinion that the term “Appendix”, on account of its pathological form
“appendicitis”, should replace the B.N.A. [PNA, 1955]
442 Tunica muscularis coli. The fact that the colon has a longitudinal muscular coat, which is thick in the teniae and very thin between them, is indicated by the introduction of the Stratum longitudinale and the
mode of the indentation adopted. [NA2, 1961]
443 Rectum. These terms [e.g., rectum, caecum] are really adjectives qualifying intestinum. Custom has made them nouns (as in the case of duodenum). The Committee accepted this as fait accompli. [NA4,
1977]
444 Canalis analis. [Pars analis recti]. This region, of such practical importance, is treated in French anatomies in a more detailed way than in German textbooks. Sappey [Traité d’Anatomie descriptive] describes
Morgagni's Valvulae semilunares, the number of which he establishes as 3-8, as a rule 5 or 6. They lie at the lower margin of the Sphincter ani internus. Through a union of their terminations the Columnae ani are
formed. The sinuses surrounded by Valvulae ani may easily become the seat of infection and the resulting abscesses and fistulae (Ribes). [BNA, 1895] It was felt that this portion of the gut was of sufficient
importance to justify an independent name, and that the “Columnae rectales” and the “Sinus rectales” would be more appropriately named “Columnae anales” and “Sinus anales”. The “Valvulae anales” are so
important clinically that they fully justify the name given. [PNA, 1955] The Zona haemorrhoidalis of the 3rd edition has been omitted by general agreement. It is a pathological concept. The associated veins and
venous plexus are no longer qualified as “haemorrhoidal”. [NA4, 1977]
445 Anus. There were numerous requests for the addition of the term Anus. [NA2, 1961]
446 Hepar. The segments of the hepatic lobes are now given names. [NA3, 1966] The division into lobes is based on superficial features; divisions into segments is based upon the ramification of the bile ducts
and hepatic vessels. The two modes do not entirely coincide. Moreover, there is note yet complete agreement between authorities on segmentation. Therefore the Committee decided to leave the terms
447 Area nuda hepatis. The bare area of the liver was not designated in the P.N.A. [NA2, 1961]
448 Fossa vesicae felleae. The terms “Fossa sagittalis (dextra et sinistra)” appeared to be unnecessary and are omitted. [PNA, 1955]
449 Incisura ligamenti teretis. In the adult the notch on the inferior border of the liver is occupied by the Ligamentum teres. [PNA, 1955]
450 Lobus dexter hepatis. [Lobi hepatis]. These are the traditional right, left, [caudate] and quadrate lobes that were based on external appearance and are not functional entities. For this reason and because
lobus has been used in different ways by different groups and nationalities, the traditional terms are expected to become redundant. The new terms [below, Partes et segmenta] accommodate the different usages.
Van Damm J.-P. J. 1993. “Behavioral Anatomy of the Abdominal Arteries.” Surg Clin North Am 73: 699-725. [TA, 1998]
451 Capsula fibrosa perivascularis. This term designates the connective tissue which was formerly known as Glisson’s capsule. [PNA, 1955]
452 Pars sinistra hepatis. [Segmentatio hepatis: lobi, partes, divisiones et segmenta]. These are the developmental, functional and surgically separable units of the liver and are based on the distribution of the v.
portae hepatis, aa. hepaticae and ductus hepatici. The segments are numbered according to Couinaud (1957): the segmentum posterius, which corresponds to the lobus caudatus, is numbered as I and the
remainder II-VIII clockwise from the left beginning with the segmentum posterius laterale sinistrum. The divisio lateralis sinistra (II & III) is separated from the divisio medialis sinistra (IV) and the pars posterior
hepatis by the fissura umbilicalis. The pars hepatis sinistra and the pars hepatis dextra are separated by an oblique plane, fissura portalis principalis, that runs anteriorly from a line between the long axis of the
fossa vesicae biliaris and the middle of the vena cava inferior, as it lies in contact with the liver posteriorly and transects the lobus quadratus. The divisio medialis dextra (V & VIII) is separated from the divisio
lateralis dextra (VI & VII) by the fissura portalis dextra. Couinard C. 1957. Le foie – Etudes Anatomiques et Chirurgicales. Paris: Masson. [TA, 1998]
453 Vesica biliaris. [Vesica fellea]. A minority of the Committee recommended the substitution of the internationally familiar biliaris for fellea. The later is completely unfamiliar, even to many Latinists and erudite
scholars. [NA4, 1977]
454 Ductus hepaticus communis. The subdivisions of the hepatic ducts are now given names. [NA3, 1966] More detailed subdivision of the biliary ducts was not approved by the Committee. [NA4, 1977]
455 Ductus biliaris. Four portions of the bile duct were named by Skandalakis et al.: supraduodenal, retroduodenal, pancreatic, and intramural. Skandalakis LJ, Gray SW, Colborn GL, Skandalakis JE. 1987.
Surgical anatomy of the liver and associated extrahepatic structures. Part IV: Surgical anatomy of the hepatic vessels and the extrahepatic biliary tract. Contemp Surg 30:25-36.
456 Sphincter ductus biliaris. [M. sphincter ductus choledochi]. There is a sphincter at the lower end of the Ductus choledochus and another at the Ampulla. [NA2, 1961] These sphincters have been described.
Incidentally, sphincter is a noun, not an adjective. (A reversal of the more frequent change, noun → adjective.) M. sphincter is hence a tautological expression. [NA4, 1977] M. sphincter is an apposition, thus
Musculus is redundant in this and similar terms (Neumann PE. 2017. Elimination of the apposition in Latin anatomical terms. Clin Anat 30:156-8).
457 Ampulla hepatopancreatica. Normally this ampulla lies within the “Papilla duodeni major”, and it receives the openings of the “Ductus choledochus” and the “Ductus pancreaticus”. [PNA, 1955]
458 Limen nasi. Limen nasi is the ridge between the Vestibulum which is surrounded by movable cartilage and the nasal cavity proper. [BNA, 1895]
459 Agger nasi. Above the Limen [nasi] lies the Atrium meatus medii (the Carina of Merkel) into which projects the obliquely descending Agger nasi, the rudiment of an anterior turbinate. [BNA, 1895]
460 Sulcus olfactorius. Sulcus olfactorius is the narrow slit which leads from the Atrium, between the Agger nasi and the roof of the nasal cavity, upward towards the Lamina cribrosa and the anterior part of the
Regio olfactoria. [BNA, 1895] This term designates the narrow groove which ascends from the Atrium between the Agger nasi and the roof of the nasal cavity. [PNA, 1955]
462 Recessus sphenoethmoideus. Recessus sphenoethmoidalis is the groove parallel to the upper nasal cavity, lying in the region of the superior concha, and sometimes arched over by a Choncha suprema.
[BNA, 1895]
463 Atrium meatus medii. Above the Limen [nasi] lies the Atrium meatus medii (the Carina of Merkel) into which projects the obliquely descending Agger nasi, the rudiment of an anterior turbinate. [BNA, 1895]
464 Meatus communis nasi. We have designated as Meatus nasi communis the space lying beside the Septum which extends through the entire height of the nasal cavity. [BNA, 1895] The common nasal
meatus is the part of the nasal cavity between the conchae and the nasal septum. [TA, 1998]
465 Meatus nasopharyngeus. Meatus nasopharyngeus is that part of the nasal cavity opening into the Pharynx under the body of the sphenoid bone. [BNA, 1895]
466 Cellulae ethmoideae. [Sinus ethmoidales]. Cellulae anteriores, mediae and posteriors are terms which designate the smaller parts of the “Sinus ethmoidales”. [PNA, 1955] The subdivisions may be Sinus or
Cellulae anteriores, etc. [NA4, 1977]
467 Plica vestibularis. The Committee felt it was illogical to have the Rima vestibuli bounded by the Plica ventricularis (the B.N.A. and P.N.A. term). [NA2, 1961]
468 Glottis. In a paper devoted to the anatomy of the vocal chords B. Frankel [Anatomie der Sinnesorgane, Leipzig, 1887] discusses the historic transformation of the names relating to glottis and vocal chords.
Galen introduced the name Glottis and used it for a structure in the body which he compared to the tongue of a musical instrument. Vesal and Fabricius ab Aquapendente designated by the same name
interchangeably the vocal cleft and the lips surrounding it. The established usage of the word Glottis for vocal cleft and Ligamenta glottis for vocal chords is to be traced back to Morgagni (1718).... The definition
which Luschka gives for the word "Glottis" in his monograph on the larynx (Tübingen, 1871, p. 48) also seems to be noteworthy: "Since the two vocal chords together constitute the tongue apparatus (Glottis)
necessary for the production of sound, the slit between them of course cannot be called Glottis but has necessarily to be distinguished from it as Rima Glottidis." [BNA, 1895]
469 Plica vocalis. The names accepted by the Commission are: Labium vocale for the entire prismatic structure, Plica vocalis for the fold of mucous membrane, Lig. vocale for the elastic band, M. vocalis for the
muscle lying in the vocal lip, Glottis for the vocal apparatus and Rima glottidis for vocal slit. [BNA, 1895]
470 Rima glottidis. The definition which Luschka gives for the word "Glottis" in his monograph on the larynx (Tübingen, 1871, p. 48) also seems to be noteworthy: "Since the two vocal chords together constitute the
tongue apparatus (Glottis) necessary for the production of sound, the slit between them of course cannot be called Glottis but has necessarily to be distinguished from it as Rima Glottidis." The last two terms
[Glottis for the vocal apparatus and Rima glottidis for vocal slit] are, therefore, distinguished in a similar sense as Os, the mouth; and Rima oris, the oral slit. [BNA, 1895]
471 Cavitas infraglottica. [Cavum infraglotticum]. This corresponds to the part of the larynx below the Rima glottis and constitutes a third subdivision of the larynx. [PNA, 1955]
472 Carina tracheae. This term designates the ridge visible through the bronchoscope and corresponds to the bifurcation of the trachea. It therefore separates the upper end of the right principal bronchus from the
upper end of the left principal bronchus. [PNA, 1955]
473 Bronchus principalis. The number of branches of bronchi which are named has been increased by provision of terms for each of the bronchopulmonary segments which are now so important in connection with
the pathology and surgery of the lungs. It was therefore necessary to qualify the B.N.A. terms “Bronchus dexter” and “Bronchus sinister” and the term “principalis” was introduced for this purpose. [PNA, 1955]
475 Bronchus intermedius. The intermediate bronchus is the term commonly used for the bronchus that gives rise to the middle and inferior lobe bronchi.
476 Bronchus segmentalis superior. [Bronchus segmentalis apicalis]. It is exceedingly unfortunate that the term “Bronchus segmentalis apicalis” had been firmly established in the vocabulary of the thoracic
surgeons, and that it was felt desirable to retain an “apical” bronchus” both for the “apex” of the lung, and for the “apex” of the lower lobe of the lung. The alternative provided, [superior], will probably appeal more to
anatomists generally. The Committee felt that, in the first instance, the term “apicalis” should be retained here, but hoped that the alternative would gradually become common parlance. [PNA, 1955]
477 Bronchus segmentalis basalis medialis [cardiacus]. In this instance too, the thoracic surgeons prefer the term “cardiac broncho-pulmonary segment” and the bronchus has been given the same name, but
“cardiacus” has been made an alternative term in the hope that “medialis” will become established as the recognized term for this bronchus. [PNA, 1955]
478 Bronchus segmentalis basalis medialis [cardiacus] pulmonis sinistri. This term has not been changed from the P.N.A., but the oval brackets indicating it was a variation have been deleted. It is now known that
the left basal bronchus usually divides into two bronchi (and not as was formerly believed into three), one of which subdivides into bronchi 9 and 10 and the other into 7 and 8. The pulmonary zone supplied by the
left medial basal bronchus (7) is as large as, and is homologous to, that supplied by the right medial basal bronchus, and it is often resected by itself. It also simulates the right medial basal bronchus in arising
separately from the basal bronchus in up to 33% of subjects. Failure to recognize homologous portions of right and left lungs leads to confusion and errors. (See Boyden, E.A., “Segmental Anatomy of the Lungs”,
McGraw Hill Book Co., 1955; and Boyden and Tompsett, J. thor. Surg., 1959, 37, 462.) [NA2, 1961]
479 Bronchus segmentalis basalis anteromedialis. Anterior and medial basal segments are often fused in the left lower lobe.
480 Facies medialis pulmonis. The medial surface of the lung is divided into a “Pars vertebralis” and a “Pars mediastinalis” and that subdivision is recognized in this list. [PNA, 1955] The medial surface of the lung
is divided into a “Pars vertebralis”, a “Pars mediastinalis” and a cardiac impression. [NA3, 1966]
481 Facies interlobaris pulmonis. The interlobar surfaces of the lung are buried in the depths of the oblique and horizontal fissures. [PNA, 1955]
482 Segmentum bronchopulmonale. The Broncho-pulmonary segments are normally independent entities, each receiving its own bronchus or bronchi and its own branches from the right (or left) pulmonary artery.
The condition of pulmonary abscess tends to be restricted to a single segment on this account, and the Committee were satisfied that the terms which follow (and which are identical with those already listed) for the
branches of the bronchi concerned), should now be included in an official list of anatomical terms. [PNA, 1955]
483 Lobus superior pulmonis sinistri. The French Nomenclatural Commission suggested the term Culmen pulmonis sinistri for the part of the left lobus superior which is not lingular. The Committee did not approve.
[NA4, 1977]
484 Segmentum basal anteromediale. Anterior and medial basal segments are often fused in the left lower lobe.
486 Pleura visceralis. Visceralis was preferred by the Committee, pulmonalis (3rd edition) being retained as a synonym. [NA4, 1977] The term pleural visceralis is still deemed preferable to pleura pulmonalis
because it reinforces the relationship of pleura to pericardium and peritoneum.
487 Mediastinum. In classical Latin “Mediastinum” signified a partition and in the B.N.A. the term “Septum mediastinale” was employed. In practice, however, the term “Mediastinum” applies to the interval between
the right and left pleural sacs, and in Continental countries of Europe it was customary to describe the two subdivisions of the space which are listed in the B.N.A. On the other hand, in England and in the United
488 Mediastinum inferius. Mediastinum inferius has been added in this edition, but it is recognized that definitions of the subdivisions of the mediastinum are not identical in different countries. The schema shown
here is current in Great Britain and the United States of America. [NA4, 1977]
489 Pericardium. The parts of hte Pericardium have been given individual names and the term “Epicardium” is included as an official alternative. [PNA, 1955]
490 Sinus obliquus pericardii. This term designates the blind recess which extends upwards behind the left atrium. It is bounded on each side by the serous pericardial folds which include the terminal parts of the
tight and left pulmonary veins. Its upper limit marks the reflection of the serous pericardium on to the fibrous layer, at or near the summit of the left atrium. [PNA, 1955]
491 Plica venae cavae sinistrae. This fold of serous pericardium covers the remnant of the left superior vena cava.
492 Membrana bronchopericardiaca. A connective tissue membrane consisting mainly of collagenous fibres that extends from the anterior surface of the tracheal bifurcation via the dorsal wall of the pericardium to
the diaphragm. Three fibre directions can be discerned. Vertical fibres run in the direction just mentioned. Transverse fibres run from the pericardium into the lung where they join the adventitia of the large
pulmonary veins. Oblique fibres extend from the two main bronchi diagonally over the pericardium into the opposite pulmonal ligaments. The membrane is the borderline between the middle and the posterior
mediastinum, together with the tracheal bifurcation. Its function is to stabilize the tracheal bifurcation and that of the main bronchi, in relation to the dorsal aspect of the pericardium and the pulmonary hilus, during
movements relating to respiration, the larynx, and the head. Benninghoff Anatomie. 1994. Edited by Drenckhahn D. and Zenker W. Vol. 1, p. 557. München-Wien-Baltimore: Urban & Schwarzenberg.
Rauber/Kopsch. 1987. Anatomie des Menschen. Edited by Leonhardt H. Vol. 2, p. 159. “Innere Organe.” Stuttgart, New York: Georg Thieme. [TA, 1998]
493 Systema urinarium. Organa urinaria was suggested by the Soviet anatomists. This provides a more appropriate heading for a section containing more than the kidney, and it was preferred by the Committee to
the O. uropoietica of the 3rd edition. [NA4, 1977]
494 Ren. Very few changes of any consequence were made in the terminology of the kidney itself, but it was recognized that current descriptions in anatomical textbooks do not agree as to the mode of distribution
of the vessels. [PNA, 1955] The renal segments are named for the first time in this edition of N.A. As in the case of the liver segments, the I.A.N.C. had the task of selecting what seemed to be the best terms from
a variety available. [NA3, 1966] The subdivisions of the renal cortex and the renal medulla follow the recommendations given by The Renal Commission of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS)
1988. “A Standard Nomenclature for Structures of the Kidney” Am J Physiol 254:F1-8, Pfugers Arch 411:113-120, Kidney Int 33:1-7, and Anat Embryol (Berlin) 178:N1-8. [TA, 1998] The process of removing
microscopic features that are the subject of Terminologia Histologica, which began with NA4 (1977), continues with this edition.
495 Ureter. There was general agreement that it was both unnecessary and impractical to retain a terminology which suggested that the muscular coat of the ureter was divisible into three clearly defined strata.
Both in the ureter and in the wall of the urinary bladder the muscular layers intermingle to such an extent that in neither case was the B.N.A. practice followed. [PNA, 1955]
496 Vesica urinaria. The M. sphincter vesicae has been added to the list under the Tunica mucosa, together with the Recto-coccygeal and the Recto-urethral muscles. [PNA, 1955]
497 Detrusor vesicae. [Musculus detrusor vesicae]. Added in this edition. [NA4, 1977]
498 Ostium internum urethrae. This term describes the opening of the urethra from the bladder. However, superimposed lateral cystograms and voiding cystourethrograms show that the ostium in the bladder that
is filling differs from the ostium in the bladder that is voiding. The bladder around the ostium urethrae internum accipiens usually forms a flat disc or baseplate, the pars intramuralis urethrae (bladder neck) is closed
and the urethra is at its longest. With the onset of voiding the baseplate becomes progressively funnel-shaped and the bladder neck opens and becomes incorporated into the funnel so that the bladder appears to
descend and the urethra to shorten. The ostium urethrae internum evacuans then lies some 20% closer to the ostium urethrae externum in the female, and the basis prostatae in the male. [TA, 1998]
500 Sphincter internus urethrae masculinae. If the bladder and urethra be opened lengthwise from in front the boundary of both structures is shown by a protruding annular thickening which we call the Anulus
urethralis vesicae. The more powerful the musculature of the bladder and the more it is contracted, the more prominent becomes this ring shaped thickening. It surrounds the first part of the urethra; nevertheless we
shall speak with the same right of an Anulus urethralis vesicae, as we speak of a Portio vaginalis uteri. It is formed by the strong muscle bundles, surrounding in winding loops the urethral opening, which we were
hitherto accustomed to designate as M. sphincter vesicae internus. The Commission dropped this designation and the future must tell whether this name really can be discarded. [BNA, 1895] The Anulus urethralis
vesicae was removed in PNA (1955), and the M. sphincter internus urethrae was added in TA (1998) to the Urethra masculina and to the Urethra feminina.
501 Colliculus seminalis. The Colliculus seminalis, the Caput gallinaginus of the older anatomists, comprises, according to the usual description, the roundish prominence on which open the Vesicula prostatica and
the Ductus ejaculatorii together with a longitudinal crest reaching into the urethra — or to retain the picture of the head of the snipe — the head and the bill. The Crista urethralis extends from the Uvula vesicae to
the lower prostatic parts of the urethra and the Colliculus seminalis blends with the Crista as a local enlargement. [BNA, 1895]
502 Sinus prostaticus. The ductuli postatici open, on each side, into the recess between the colliculus seminalis and the urethral wall, and it is here named the “Sinus prostaticus”. [PNA, 1955]
503 Pars membranacea urethrae masculinae. [Pars intermedia]. With the abandonment of the term urogenital diaphragm, pars membranacea has become a misnomer, it being the part between the pars prostatica
urethrae and the pars spongiosa urethrae and not just the part passing through the membrana perinealis. The isthmus urethrae extends between the membrana perinealis and the distal end of the colliculus
seminalis that may be 0-1 cm above the apex of the prostate. Myers R.P. 1991. “Male Urethral Sphincteric Anatomy and Radical Prostatectomy.” Urol Clin North Am 18: 211-227. [TA, 1998]
504 Pars spongiosa. This part of the urethra lies within the corpus spongiosum, as the name indicates. [PNA, 1955]
506 Systema genitale femininum. [Organa genitalia feminina]. In order to differentiate more clearly between these organs in the two sexes, the adjectival terms “masculinus” and “femininus” have been used
throughout. [PNA, 1955]
507 Ovarium. Now that a Nomina Histologica is available it is possible to delete many histological terms from Nomina Anatomica, as has been done here regarding the microscopic details of the ovary, including the
ovum. [NA4, 1977]
508 Tuba uterina. Salpinx has been added as a synonym, since most clinical expression use this stem. [NA4, 1977]
510 Isthmus uteri. This part of the uterus was originally described as the upper part of the cervix, but Stieve showed that it possessed certain distinctive features which justified its name. It corresponds to the Lower
Uterine Segment of obstetricians, and it becomes taken up into the body of the uterus as that organ enlarges during the second month of pregnancy. The fetal membranes, which are inseparably blended with the
mucous membrane of the body of the uterus, remain free, and unattached, where they are in contact with the isthmus. (See H. Stieve, “Der Halsteil der menschlichen Gebärtmutter” Leipzig, 1927). [PNA, 1955]
The histological internal os is the lower limit of the isthmus uteri and can be recognized with the unaided eye: above endometrium is present that undergoes menstrual changes; below cervical mucosa is present
that does not. Frankl O. 1933. “On the Physiology and Pathology of the Isthmus Uteri.” J Obstet Gynecol Br Commonw. 40: 397-422. [TA, 1998]
512 Tela subserosa uteri. In the P.N.A. this was termed Tunica subserosa, but elsewhere this layer was termed “tela”. This term has been introduced under “Uterus”. [NA2, 1961]
513 Endometrium. As indicated, this is an alternative in common use for the “Tunica mucosa”. [PNA, 1955]
514 Fornix vaginae. Soviet anatomists wished to make this expression plural, a suggestion not accepted by the Committee. However, anterior and posterior parts are commonly described in textbooks, and a
lateral part may be added. The number of such parts is, theoretically, infinite, but Partes anterior/posterior/lateralis were considered adequate by the Committee. [NA4, 1977]
516 Epididymis. The term Coni epididymidis has been added as an official alternative to Lobuli epididymidis. [PNA, 1955]
517 Ductulus aberrans inferior. A new term in this edition. [NA4, 1977]
518 Appendix testis. The Committee preferred to regard the appendix testis as a single entity and included, as the B.N.A. did, the “(appendix epididymis)” as well. [PNA, 1955]
519 Funiculus spermaticus. [Tunicae funiculi spermatici et testis]. The coverings of the spermatic cord and testis are listed, but not the contents of the spermatic cord. [PNA, 1955]
520 Ductus deferens. For reasons already explained in connection with the Ureter, no attempt has been made to subdivide the muscular coat into strata. [PNA, 1955] The term “vas deferens” is antiquated and
misleading as it may appear to refer to a blood vessel.
521 Glandula seminalis. [Glandula vesiculosa]. This term should be used instead of vesicula seminalis because the organ is not a reservoir for semen, but a gland secreting a substantial part of seminal plasma.
[TA, 1998]
522 Prostata. Definitions of these divisions of the prostate [Lobi dexter, sinister et medius] are subject to much controversy. Until disagreements are settled the Committee decided to make no nomenclatural
change. [NA4, 1977] The term glandula prostata has been omitted because the prostate is more than its glandular part which comprises only about two-thirds of the tissue inside the prostatic capsule. [TA, 1998]
The terms glandula prostatica and prostate gland were debated again. Terminology modifications suggested by Myers RP, Cheville JC, Pawlina W. 2010. Making anatomic terminology of the prostate and
contiguous structures clinically useful: historical review and suggestions for revision in the 21st century. Clin Anat 23:18-29.
523 Lobus medius prostatae. The Lobus medius is a variation consisting of an independent prominence extending from the Isthmus. [BNA, 1895]
524 Pars glandularis prostatae. By Corpus glandulare prostatae is meant the main glandular mass of the organ, which, as we know from Jarjvay, Luschka and others, surrounds the beginning of the urethra like a
clasp open in front. The closing of this clasp to a ring is effected by muscular tissue which in its upper part consists of smooth fibres and in its lower part of striated fibres. Henle has designated this as well as the
other muscular tissue surrounding the prostatic part of the urethra as Sphincter vesicae internus and externus. The Commission has not accepted these terms, but has retained only the M. prostaticus. [BNA, 1895]
525 Commissura anterior prostatae. By Isthmus prostatae we understand the narrow strip of substance which is present between the entrance of the urethra and the Ductus ejaculatorii and which connects the two
lateral lobes of the organ, which lobes are more prominent at their bases. [BNA, 1895]
526 Parenchyma prostatae. [Lobuli prostatae]. Within each [lateral] lobe of the prostate, four lobules are defined by the arrangement of ducts and connective tissue and may be distinguished with the unaided eye.
The combined inferoposterior/inferolateral lobules, the superomedial lobules and the anteromedial lobules correspond to the histological entities of McNeal [1988 Am J Surg Pathol 12: 619-633], and widely called
527 Stroma fibromuscularis prostatae. [Substantia muscularis]. Plain muscular tissue forms the proper stroma of the prostate. In addition, it is intimately blended with the fibrous tissue of the capsule. It provides a
covering for the glandular substance, which is everywhere permeated by muscular strands, extending between the muscular wall of the urethra and the capsule. At the neck of the bladder it becomes continuous
with the striped muscle surrounding the membranous urethra. [PNA, 1955]
528 Corpus spongiosum penis. It was felt that this term was of real help to students in differentiating between parts of the penis. [PNA, 1955]
529 Caverni corporis spongiosi. The structure of the corpus spongiosum is the same as the structure of the corpora cavernosa. [PNA, 1955]
530 Bulbus penis. The expansion involves the proximal end of the corpus spongiosum and it is this expansion which is responsible for the bulb. In this situation, it is true, the urethra is wider than it is elsewhere,
but this does not account for the formation of the bulb. [PNA, 1955] The alternative Bulbus corporis spongiosi is regarded as more suitable by a minority of the Committee. [NA4, 1977]
531 Ligamentum fundiforme penis. Luschka has described under the name Lig. suspensorium penis superficiale, sive elasticum, a broad band consisting almost entirely of elastic fibres, which originates near the
Linea alba about 3 fingers' width above the symphysis and embraces the penis with two branches which meet again under the same. This elastic band is often found strongly developed and a part of its fibres may
also radiate to the scrotum. On Braune's and my suggestions the apparatus ... was designated as Funda penis, an expression which the editorial staff lately changed to Lig. fundiforme. [BNA, 1895]
532 Bursa omentalis. The Bursa omentalis is divided into the Vestibulum, the Recessus superior and the Recessus inferior. [BNA, 1895]
533 Foramen omentale. [Foramen epiploicum]. The synonyms have been added at the request of a minority, in the hope that they will displace the less informative official terms. [NA4, 1977] Epiploön and its
derivatives are today unfamiliar. [NA5, 1983]
534 Vestibulum bursae omentalis. From the foramen of Winslow on, a narrow passage extends medianward below the Processus caudatus of Spiegel's lobe and over the Pars superior duodeni and beyond the
head of the Pancreas. This passage is the Vestibulum bursae omentalis, which is bounded anteriorly by the Lig. hepatoduodenale. The vessels of the liver, the V. portae, A. hepatica and D. choledochus, pass
below the floor of the Vestibulum posterior to the head of the Pancreas and from the posterior abdominal wall upward between the Laminae of the Lig. hepatoduodenale. [BNA, 1895]
535 Recessus superior bursae omentalis. The Recessus superior extends from the Vestibulum behind the Porta hepatis and ascends along the posterior wall of Spiegel's lobe, in front of the diaphragm and partly
anterior to the aorta and the lower end of the Oesophagus. [BNA, 1895]
536 Recessus inferior bursae omentalis. Through the roundish aperture narrowed by this fold [Plica gastropancreatica] the Vestibulum of the omentum is joined to the Recessus inferior, which descends in front of
the body of the pancreas and behind the stomach. The portion of this space extending farthest toward the left is the Recessus lienalis. The Processus papillaris extends into the aperture of the Recessus inferior
from above and narrows its entrance. [BNA, 1895]
538 Fossa ovarica. The ovary is said [by Claudius, 1865] to lie horizontally or with a slightly inclined axis in the shallow groove of the Fossa ovarii, which latter is said to be sunk in the adipose connective tissue at
the upper margin of the M. piriformis and in front of the point of exit of the Vasa glutaea sup. The ovaries lie on the lateral wall of the pelvis, immediately below the Linea arcuata; one surface is directed
medianward, the other lateralward, the attached margin forward and the free backward. The longitudinal axis of the ovary is almost parallel to the axis of the body. Since the statements of Claudius concerning the
position of the ovary proved to be untenable we are no longer justified in speaking of a Fossa ovarica [Claudii]. The great majority of the text-books avoid this term. Waldeyer, who still uses it, is in accord with the
539 Lamina propria mesenterii. Membrana mesenterii propria is the connective tissue layer left after removal of both peritoneal layers, which is the carrier of the blood and lymph vessels, the lymph-glands, the
veins and adipose tissue (Toldt, 5 Aufl. von Langer-Toldt. Anatomie, Wien 1893, p. 321). [BNA, 1895]
540 Mesoappendix. This simple term has been substituted for the clumsy term used in P.N.A. [NA2, 1961]
541 Omentum minus. The Omentum minus in its different parts is not equally developed. A superior sickle shaped strip distinguished by its aponeurotic like structure, extends from the cardia and the ventral part of
the oesophagus to the Fossa sagittalis sinistra posterior. This is designated by Langer-Toldt, Pars condensa (Langer-Toldt, 1. c., p. 333). By these authors the thin flaccid middle piece of the lesser omentum, which
is attached at the lesser curvature of the stomach, is called Pars flaccida. To the right this Pars flaccida blends without sharply defined outlines into the Lig. hepatoduodenale. [BNA, 1895]
542 Encoboma omentale. Although the pendulous portion of the greater omentum is often called the greater omentum, this part should be designated as the omental apron in order to distinguish it from the other
parts of the greater omentum.
543 Ligamentum gastrocolicum. Gastrocolic ligament always exists, connecting greater curvature of the stomach with the transverse colon to which it fuses during development. This term should not be in
parentheses.
544 Plica gastroomentalis. Gastro-omental fold is an occasional additional, more anteroinferiorly placed connection between spleen and transverse colon.
545 Ligamentum falciforme. Ligamentum falciforme hepatis was accepted by the Commission instead of Lig. suspensorium hepatis in order to definitely remove the erroneous interpretation contained in the latter
term. The name is not new, but has been used by French authors. (Ligamentum falciforme or grande faux du foie; see Cruveilhier, Sappey, Testut. - Sappey makes a distinction between his grande faux and the Lig.
suspensorium; the former blends with the latter at the margin of the liver. The petites faux of Sappey are the three Ligg. umbilicalia.) [BNA, 1895]
546 Plica gastropancreatica. From the place where the Tuberculum omentale pancreatis overhangs the lesser curvature of the stomach the two upper branches of the A. coeliaca, viz. the A. coronaria ventriculi
sinistra and the A. hepatica, diverge and the former especially pushes in front of itself the posterior wall of the Omentum. There is thus formed a sickle-shaped protruding fold, - the Plica gastropancreatica. [BNA,
1895]
547 Plica duodenojejunalis. [Plica duodenalis superior]. In P.N.A. these were given as separate terms, but most anatomists regard them as the same fold. [NA2, 1961]
548 Plica duodenomesocolica. [Plica duodenalis inferior]. In P.N.A. these were given as separate terms, but most anatomists regard them as the same fold. [NA2, 1961]
549 Plica umbilicalis mediana. The Plica umbilicalis mediana is raised by the vestige of the urachus as it ascends, extraperitoneally, to the umbilicus. [NA2, 1961]
550 Plica umbilicalis medialis. The “Plica umbilicalis medialis” is raised by the obliterated umbilical artery, which converges on the median plane to reach the umbilicus. [NA2, 1961] The medial umbilical fold is
raised by the medial umbilical ligament, which is derived from the occluded portion of the umbilical artery. Clinicians sometimes refer to the medial umbilical fold as “lateral umbilical fold”.
551 Trigonum inguinale. This term was not included in the P.N.A. Formerly it was known as Hesselbach’s triangle. [NA2, 1961]
552 Plica umbilicalis lateralis. The “Plica umbilicalis lateralis” is more laterally situated and is raised by the Inferior epigastric vessels. [NA2, 1961]
553 Plica vesicalis transversa. Plica vesicalis transversa [Waldeyer] is the constant peritoneal fold which runs obliquely over the empty bladder. [BNA, 1895]
555 Ligamentum suspensorium ovarii. The entering vessels of the ovary and the surrounding fold form for it, as well as for the tubes, a kind of suspending ligament,— the Lig. suspensorium ovarii of the
Commission. [BNA, 1895]
556 Spatium retropubicum. This term designates the extraperitoneal interval between the inferior aspect of the apex vesicae, and the postero-superior aspect of the pubic symphysis and the bodies of the two pubic
bones. Its floor is formed by the pubo-prostatic ligaments, which intervene between it and the prostatic plexus of veins. [PNA, 1955] In the female, the pubovesical ligaments form the floor of the retropubic space.
557 Fasciae extraperitoneales pelvis. To it [Fascia endopelvina] belongs the Ligg. puboprostatica and the Fascia pelvis visceralis. [BNA, 1895] This term [Fascia endopelvica] is sometimes used generically to
include not only parietal fascia but also extraperitoneal fascia and visceral fascia in the pelvis. [TA, 1998]
558 Fascia rectoprostatica. The Fascia (or the Septum) rectovesicalis belongs to the Prostata and not to the perineal fasciae. [BNA, 1895]
559 Parametrium. The expression was accepted in the interest of the physicians who speak of a parametritis. By Parametrium is designated the loose tissue which surrounds the prominent vessel plexuses lying
beside the uterus and the upper part of the vagina. It occupies the triangular space lateral from the vault of the vagina, the Collum uteri, and the Corpus uteri. Its upper end extends between the converging layers
of the Lig. latum uteri. [BNA, 1895] This term designates the connective tissue which lies between the two serous layers of the broad ligament of the uterus, especially along the right and left margins of the organ.
[PNA, 1955]
561 Musculus rectovesicalis. Many anatomists and several clinicians suggested the addition of this term. [NA3, 1966]