The Eponym Episode | Using Modern Terminology | Episode 40

00:43 | What is an Eponym?
06:16 | Sponsored by HAPS
06:57 | Modern Use of Eponyms
16:26 | Sponsored by AAA
17:16 | Another Problem with Eponyms
22:01 |  Sponsored by HAPI Online Graduate Program
22:34 | How to Deal with Eponyms in Our A&P Course

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1 | What is an Eponym?

5.5 minutes

An eponym is a term named after a person. A toponym is named for a place.

What is an Eponym (Kevin's blog post, includes links to other resources) my-ap.us/2uaLU3V Who Named It? (website listing eponym sources) www.whonamedit.com/ Paul Langerhans (brief bio) my-ap.us/2CDJtMl Friederich Gustave Jakob Henle (wiki article) my-ap.us/2CuU3Ft The Duffy blood group (book chaper) my-ap.us/2CzAnjP Legionnaires Disease (CDC resource) my-ap.us/2CzqbHO  

 

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  3 | Modern Use of Eponyms

9.5 minutes

Eponyms are going out of fashion. For some very good reasons. When we do use them, there are some common practices that A&P teachers should pay attention to.

This segment features Seven Fashion Tips for Stylish Use of Eponyms Avoid eponyms Be bilingual If you have to use an eponym, do Fashionable non-possessive forms Back-door eponym styles (non-capitalized adjectives) Fashion rules are not really rules OK, sometimes fashion rules really are rules Modern Use of Eponyms (Kevin's blog post, includes those 7 fashion tips and links to other resources!) my-ap.us/2ubbqWI What's Up with Eponyms in A&P? Part 1 (Kevin's blog post) my-ap.us/2UNrCcS International Lists: A Practical Approach for Your A&P Course (resource in The A&P Professor website with links to the international lists of anatomical terminology) my-ap.us/2uw6jBu Patton Glacier (yep, it's a real thing) my-ap.us/2UR9mzih  

 

4 | Sponsored by AAA

1 minute

The searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by The American Association of Anatomists (AAA) at anatomy.org. Their big meeting is in April at the Experimental Biology (EB) meeting in Orlando FL. Check it out!

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5 | Another Problem with Eponyms

4.5 minutes

There are some historical and social controversies surrounding many eponyms. This begs the question: why should we continue to use them?

What's Up with Eponyms in A&P? Part 2 (Kevin's blog post) my-ap.us/2UTD06W Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna (book) amzn.to/2JAmjMS The Nazi Anatomists – A Conversation with Aaron Fried | Episode 30 (addresses some of the ethical issues surrounding Nazi connections) Did A Soviet Psychiatrist Discover Autism In 1925? (article about Grunya Efimovna) my-ap.us/2CuWVSL What's in a name? Gender and the eponym (journal article) my-ap.us/2CC4I0X The case for renaming women's body parts (article in the popular press) my-ap.us/2CL6xcj The Anatomy Education Podcast #42: Dr. Leah Kaminsky (conversation with the author of the article) my-ap.us/2CAkTMa

 

 

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7 | How to Deal with Eponyms in Our A&P Course

3.5 minutes

Eponyms may be best left behind, but sometimes we can't avoid them. How do we emphasize the pitfalls of eponym use with students who will certainly face the lingering use of them in professional settings? Perhaps the best approach is bilingualism (descriptive terms AND eponyms).

 

 

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