OBJECTIVE

Presentation of the first edition of the International Neuroanatomical Terminology — «Terminologia Neuroanatomica» 2019 (TNA) and characteristics of its Russian-language equivalent.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

International Neuroanatomical Terminology (TNA) has never been published before either in the USSR or in the countries of the socialist camp, the post-Soviet space and the Russian Federation. It should be noted that this is also the first edition within FIPAT; it represents a revision of the terminologies of the central nervous system (CNS; Systema nervosum centrale), peripheral nervous system (PNS; Systema nervosum periphericum) and sensory organs (Organa sensuum). These terminologies are taken from Terminologia Anatomica-2, Terminologia Histologica and significantly updated by the FIPAT Neuroanatomy Working Group and combined into Terminologia Neuroanatomica (TNA). In addition, information on the blood supply to the CNS (blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord) is included to ensure that it contains a more or less complete list of terms for the human nervous system.

The proposed nomenclature is divided into 3 chapters:

Chapter 1: Central nervous system (Caput I: Systema nervosum centrale).

Chapter 2: Peripheral nervous system (Caput II: Systema nervosum periphericum).

Chapter 3: Sense Organs (Caput III: Organa sensuum).

Official FIPAT terms are written in Latin. This allows you to translate into any language (including your native one), in this case into Russian and English.

As already indicated, the work to create a national standard for international neuroanatomical terminology was carried out by the Russian Neuroanatomical National Committee of SMSAHE (RNANC) with the broad support of SMSAHE members for the first time.

After receiving approval from the Federal International Program of Anatomical Terminology (FIPAT), RNANC began preparing the Russian-language equivalent of the 1st edition of the International Neuro-Anatomical Terminology (TNA — Terminologia Neuro Anatomica), published in 2017 and approved at the IFAA (International Federation of Associations of Anatomists) in 2019. In its work, RNANC strictly followed the official list of 4399 Latin terms contained in TNA, as well as the notes (footnotes) of FIPAT. PNANC members considered it appropriate to add 7 columns to the existing TNA [In accordance with the decision of the Istanbul FIPAT meeting (2015) and, as in the case of other FIPAT terminologies, a new format with 7 columns was adopted. The first column {1} is the serial number to which all footnotes will be placed in the work. The six columns {2-7} contain the official Latin term {2}, Latin synonyms (if necessary) {3}, English terms (UK {4} and US {6}), and English synonyms (if necessary) {5}. The last column includes related terms, eponyms, directional notes, and endnote links {7}. Footnotes are placed in a separate section at the end of each chapter], add 3 more {8 — Russian equivalent, 9 — Russian synonym, 10 Russian eponym, etc.}. Thus, the Russian version is formed on the basis of 10 columns. When working with the terminology, RNANC tried as much as possible to preserve the terms, their arrangement, interpretation based on the original, and make changes only in some cases, due to historically different interpretations of concepts in Russia and abroad.

RESULTS

The article describes the features of the Russian-language version (TNA) and the stages of work of PNANC to create a national TNA standard by the neuroanatomical national committee. Continuity is shown in the development of the Russian-language equivalent (TNA), which took into account the dynamics of the development of neuroanatomical terms in its earlier editions, such as BNA, PNA, TA1 (1998) and TA2 (2019). Each term is singular unless it is a list heading, in which case the plural is appropriate. Parentheses are used to enclose terms for structures that are not constant. If the structure is sexually dimorphic, the female homologue is designated by the sign ♀, the male homolog by the sign ♂.

CONCLUSION

The new national standard — International Neuroanatomical Terminology (TNA), created by RNANC on the basis of TNA FIPAT, is designed to facilitate the integration of domestic neurophorology, neurology, neuropathology and neurosurgery into the global academic and scientific space and will help Russian-speaking morphologists and clinicians better navigate modern neuroanatomical nomenclature.