The First Conference Date of Korean Association of Anatomists and the Subjects of Lecture / 체질인류학회지

The first conference of Korean Association of Anatomists started on November 13, 1948 at the department of anatomy of Seoul National University College of Medicine by about 10 anatomists and staffs from several medical schools in Seoul. It was presented with six lectures at ‘The Second Annual Meeting/First Conference of Joseon Association of Anatomists’.

Study on the Differences of Anatomical Terminologies between Korean Association of Anatomists and Korean Association of Biological Sciences / 대한해부학회지

A number of Korean terminologies describing same anatomical structures have been found different between biological and medical fields. These differences can make scientific miscommunication in biomedical fields. So we investigated and analyzed the official Korean biological terminologies (2005), and compared them with Korean anatomical terminologies (2005). Of all Korean biological terminologies, 791 were founded to describe anatomical structures. And concordance rate of 791 biological terminologies with Korean anatomical terminologies was 37.4%, which is significantly lower than that of high school biology terminologies with anatomical terminology (50.3+/-2.7%). This difference in concordance rates is thought to result mainly from the fact that many Sino-Korean terminologies and eponyms are used in biological field. Above results can be served as valuable basic resources for revision and standardization of terminologies used in biomedical fields. Collaboration among anatomists, biologists, and college students is thought to be prerequisite.