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In response to "Don't you just love it when in anatomy the name is super descriptive. Like hepatogastric ligament. A ligament that goes between the liver and " by James Bond (aka Igor)

there's quite a lot of that in anatomy.

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Nov 23 '09, 20:41

in biological journals the descriptive is strongly preferred over the old naming system you mentioned. Been that way for 25 years at least. Using the names is old school

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Yeah, I know. Ligament of Treitz is really the Suspensory muscle of the duodenum. :) - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 23, 20:43 1
- I mostly didn't bother, although some names have stuck. -- nm - loosilu Nov 23, 20:43

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there's quite a lot of that in anatomy.

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