: the anatomical nomenclature adopted at the 1895 meeting of the German Anatomical Society at Basel, Switzerland, and superseded by the Nomina Anatomica adopted at the Sixth International Congress of Anatomists in 1955
—abbreviation BNA
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“Basle Nomina Anatomica.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/Basle%20Nomina%20Anatomica. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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