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[Etymology of russian terms in the anatomy of the urinary system]
S A Kutia1, A V Eremin1, M A Alekseev1
1V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Russia.
Abstract:
This paper analyzes the etymology of the Russian names of the organs of the urinary system (kidney, ureter, urinary bladder, urethra) and their separate parts (renal pelvis). It is shown that Russian anatomical terms originate from the root morphemes of the Indo-European language group, which convey morphological, physiological or anatomical features of this or that organ. At the moment Russian terminology is widely used in the study of anatomy and other fundamental and medical sciences in universities and clinical practice along with common Latin names and eponyms of names of these or other structures.
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