With respect to oral or buccal

Abstract

In our days, we are witnessing a confl ict with the manner of describing anatomical elements of the human body. A former classifi cation (nomenclature) is commonly used, it embodies the name of every author who contributed in the description of the human body. This terminology made of eponyms with 50,000 names, which nominates oral cavity as buccal cavity, mandibular lingula as Spix’s spine, the parotid duct as Sternon duct (based on the French description translated into Spanish). With this terminology former generations studied anatomy and a great number of specialized books were translated.