The International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) is an umbrella scientific organization of national and multinational Anatomy Associations, dedicated to
anatomy
Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having it ...
and biomorphological sciences.
Origins and objectives
In 1903, Prof. Nicolas, from
Nancy,
France
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, was successful in founding the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists.
The first International Congress of Anatomy was held in
Geneva
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in 1905 and started as a committee to organize five yearly conferences.
56 member Associations of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists. The IFAA is the only international body representing all aspects of anatomy and anatomical associations.
Since 1989 the
Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology (FICAT) under IFAA auspices, has met to analyze and study the
international morphological terminology (
Anatomy
Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having it ...
,
Histology
Histology,
also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology which studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures vi ...
and
Embryology
Embryology (from Greek ἔμβρυον, ''embryon'', "the unborn, embryo"; and -λογία, ''-logia'') is the branch of animal biology that studies the prenatal development of gametes (sex cells), fertilization, and development of embryos ...
), releasing updated ''
Terminologia Anatomica
''Terminologia Anatomica'' is the international standard for human anatomical terminology. It is developed by the Federative International Programme on Anatomical Terminology, a program of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomi ...
'' in 1998 and ''
Terminologia Histologica
The ''Terminologia Histologica'' (''TH'') is the controlled vocabulary for use in cytology and histology. In April 2011, ''Terminologia Histologica'' was published online by the Federative International Programme on Anatomical Terminologies (FIPA ...
'' in 2008.
Years, cities and presidencies
* I Congress - 1905 - Geneva, Switzerland - Prof. D' Eternod
* II Congress - 1910 - Brussels, Belgium - Prof. Waldeyer
* III Congress - 1930 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Prof. Van den Broek
* IV Congress - 1936 - Milan, Italy - Prof. Livini
* V Congress - 1950 - Oxford, England, The UK - Prof. Le Gros Clark
* VI Congress - 1955 - Paris, France - Prof. Collin
* VII Congress - 1960 - New York, USA - Prof. Bennett
* VIII Congress - 1965 - Weisbaden, Germany - Prof. Bargmann
* IX Congress - 1970 - Leningrad, Russia - Prof. Jdanov
* X Congress - 1975 - Tokyo, Japan - Prof. Nakayama
* XI Congress - 1980 - Mexico City, Mexico - Prof. Acosta Vidrio
* XII Congress - 1985 - London, The UK - Prof. Harrison
* XIII Congress - 1989 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Prof. Moscovici
* XIV Congress - 1994 - Lisbon, Portugal - Prof. Esperança Pina
* XV Congress - 1999 - Rome, Italy
* XVI Congress - 2004 - Kyoto, Japan
* XVII Congress - 2009 - Cape Town, South Africa
* XVIII Congress - 2014 - Beijing, PR China
* XIX Congress - 2019 - London, The UK - Prof. D. Ceri Davies
See also
*
Nomina Anatomica
''Nomina Anatomica'' (''NA'') was the international standard on human anatomic terminology from 1895 until it was replaced by ''Terminologia Anatomica'' in 1998.
In the late nineteenth century some 30,000 terms for various body parts were in use ...
*
Pan American Association of Anatomy
*
Terminologia Anatomica
''Terminologia Anatomica'' is the international standard for human anatomical terminology. It is developed by the Federative International Programme on Anatomical Terminology, a program of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomi ...
References
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External links
Official site of International Federation of Associations of AnatomistsHistory
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Organizations established in 1903