The Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria (often abbreviated as NAV) is a text prepared by the International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature. It is used as the standard reference for anatomical (zootomical) terminology in the field of Veterinary Science. Anatomical drawing of the human muscles from the Encyclopédie. ... Zootomy is the zoological discipline that focuses on animal anatomy, in particular on the dissection of animals. ... Veterinary medicine is the application of medical diagnostic and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ...
The text is continually under revision. The fourth edition, published in 1994 is ISBN 0960044477. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
The NominaAnatomica was one of the most popular systems for providing topographical codes in the 20th century.
Recently, the Terminologia Anatomica has built upon that work, providing unique names in Latin, English equivalents, and numerical codes for several thousand anatomic structures.
However, the NominaAnatomica is still commonly used.
In this article, the acceptable veterinary terminology will be highlighted in bold, whereas the more casual terms will be italicised.
The definitive reference for veterinary terminology is the NominaAnatomicaVeterinaria, although this is not always adhered to by either researchers or clinicians in the field.
The figure below is a lateral photograph of the bones of the forelimb distal to the carpus:
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