Commissions and Committees
Best Ethical Practice in Anatomy (BEPA)
Chair: Dr. R. Shane Tubbs
Preamble
The Universal Anatomical Organization (UAO), recognizing the need for a globally unified yet locally adaptable ethical framework in the anatomical sciences, hereby establishes the Best Ethical Practice in Anatomy (BEPA) work force. This international body shall serve as a guiding entity for institutions, professionals, and educators engaged in the acquisition, handling, use, and dissemination of human anatomical materials. BEPA will develop and promote ethical practices that respect human dignity, adhere to legal norms, and elevate standards of scientific and medical integrity in anatomical education, research, and public engagement.
Mission Statement
BEPA is committed to setting and promoting the highest standards of ethical practice in anatomy through education, policy development, advocacy, and international collaboration. Its goal is to foster a global culture of respect and accountability in all activities involving human anatomical material.
Anatomical Nomenclature Commission
Chair: Dr. Paul E. Neumann
UAO has officially adopted the second edition of Terminologia Anatomica (TA2), along with the associated regular anatomical (RA) term rules, as the standard terminology endorsed by our group.
TA2 links
TA2 link in Dalhousie Libraries
Key references about TA2
The principles of anatomical nomenclature revision: They're more like guidelines anyway
TA2Viewer: A web-based browser for Terminologia Anatomica and online anatomical knowledge
Key references about RA term rules
Human anatomy nomenclature rules for the computer age
Ordering by the numbers in anatomy and by letters too.
Regular anatomical terms revisited: The simplest is often the right one
Bibliographic Reference Citation
FIPAT. Terminologia Anatomica. 2nd ed. FIPAT.library.dal.ca. Federative International Programme for Anatomical Terminology, 2019
Approved and adopted by the IFAA General Assembly, 2020.
Creative Commons License
The publication of Terminologia Anatomica is under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license
The individual terms in this terminology are within the public domain. Statements about terms being part of this international standard terminology should use the above bibliographic reference to cite this terminology. The unaltered PDF files of this terminology may be freely copied and distributed by users. IFAA member societies are authorized to publish translations of this terminology. Authors of other works that might be considered derivative should write to the Chair of FIPAT for permission to publish a derivative work.
TA version 2.07 Contents (PDF files at https://libraries.dal.ca/Fipat/ta2.html)
Part 2 – Systemata musculoskeletalia
Part 4 – Systemata integrantia I