Umbilical-spinous line: a morphological term that should be included in the anatomical terminology

We argue the need to include in the International Anatomical Terminology the term "Umbilical-spinous line" for its importance as a morphological referent in bioscopic and surface anatomy. Also, in order to avoid using eponyms, it is suggested that the traditional term "McBurney point&...

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Autores principales: Duque, Jorge Eduardo, Ríos, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Universidad del Valle 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4002036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24892620
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description We argue the need to include in the International Anatomical Terminology the term "Umbilical-spinous line" for its importance as a morphological referent in bioscopic and surface anatomy. Also, in order to avoid using eponyms, it is suggested that the traditional term "McBurney point" be replaced by "supra spinous point" as being more descriptive of location.
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spelling pubmed-40020362014-06-02 Umbilical-spinous line: a morphological term that should be included in the anatomical terminology Duque, Jorge Eduardo Ríos, John Colomb Med (Cali) Viewpoint We argue the need to include in the International Anatomical Terminology the term "Umbilical-spinous line" for its importance as a morphological referent in bioscopic and surface anatomy. Also, in order to avoid using eponyms, it is suggested that the traditional term "McBurney point" be replaced by "supra spinous point" as being more descriptive of location. Universidad del Valle 2013-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4002036/ /pubmed/24892620 Text en Copyright: © 2013 Universidad del Valle. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Umbilical-spinous line: a morphological term that should be included in the anatomical terminology
title Umbilical-spinous line: a morphological term that should be included in the anatomical terminology
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title_full_unstemmed Umbilical-spinous line: a morphological term that should be included in the anatomical terminology
title_short Umbilical-spinous line: a morphological term that should be included in the anatomical terminology
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4002036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24892620
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