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