Acessibilidade / Reportar erro

Anatomical nomenclature in ophthalmology

The purposes of this article are: to inform ophthalmologists about the differences between the English and Portuguese list of equivalent terms for eye structures, approved by the Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology; to present the anatomical terms included in the list of medical subject headings published by the United States National Library of Medicine and translated by the Regional Library of Medicine (BIREME); propose a list of Portuguese terms of common usage by ophthalmologists.

Terminology; Anatomy; Eye; Ophthalmology; Medical subject headings; Eponyms; History of medicine


Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia Rua Casa do Ator, 1117 - cj.21, 04546-004 São Paulo SP Brazil, Tel: 55 11 - 3266-4000, Fax: 55 11- 3171-0953 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil
E-mail: abo@cbo.com.br