The Federative International Programme for Anatomical Terminology (FIPAT) is a group of experts who review, analyze, and discuss the terms of the morphological structures of the human body. It was created by the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) and was previously known as the Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology (FCAT) and the Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology (FICAT).

Origins and history

This Committee was created in 1989, at the XIII International Congress of Anatomists, held in

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). It followed the old International Anatomical Nomenclature Committee (IANC). The

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s involved are renowned

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s and

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s with knowledge of medical terminology. They hold periodic meetings in different countries on a rotating basis, where they study morphological terminology:

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and

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of the human being. The results of this committee were published in 1998 in the

area and in 2008 in the

area. It is currently working in the

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area.

Objectives and scope

The main objective is to study the problem of morphological

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and its possible solutions. The aim is to achieve a common scientific language that allows international integration, facilitating

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exchange and progress in the various

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. This impacts on

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and

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worldwide.

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Origins and history

Objectives and scope

See also

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