Scientific committee puts new names to body parts:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Scientists have drawn up a new list of anatomical terms to try to standardise the language used to describe body parts. Meeting in Sao Paolo last month, the Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology decided for example, that the fallopian tubes should be called the uterine tubes and the eustachian tube the pharingotympanic tube. The committee, which is a subcommittee of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists, will publish its list in a book next year.