Adjectives in international anatomical names and the corresponding words in Japanese anatomical names

摘要

International anatomical names are expressed in Latin. In these names some adjectives denote anatomical names that consist of plural words, as deltoidea in Tuberositas deltoidea denotes Musculus deltoideus. We examined the words the correspond to such adjectives in Japanese anatomical names of the structures in the cranial and facial bones, and classified them into following groups: 1) adequate Japanese anatomical names, 2) original meanings of adjectives, 3) the word that is translated freely but lacks the letter corresponding a noun in Latin anatomical name, 4) Japanese anatomical names that correspond different Latin anatomical names, 5) Japanese anatomical names that correspond Latin anatomical names in the past.