Talk:Ductus deferens

Moved the page

I went ahead and moved this page from Vas deferens to ductus deferens via WP:BOLD. Vas deferens is the old term, and though still used, the modern anatomical term is ductus deferens and is used in clinical settings. Invinciblewalnut (talk) 21:43, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

I'd also like to say that WP:MEDMOS states one should use the medical term for article titles. Invinciblewalnut (talk) 21:46, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

@Invinciblewalnut: I'm surprised that you moved this boldly without discussion, given that it has existed as the more common name, vas deferens, for many year. As you know from WP:MEDMOS, Most articles on human anatomy use the international standard Terminologia Anatomica (TA) as a basis for the English title of an article. Editor judgment is needed for terms used where there is a very clearly used common name, in non-human anatomy, and in other problematic areas. The issue here is a vas deferens that ductus deferens is the anatomical name in humans but not in other species (as can be seen from the references), and I contend that vas deferens (or simly vas) is the more common name even in humans (hence vasectomy). Hence this is a case where Terminologia Anatomica should, not be used. Hence, I contest the move; self-revert then formally propose if you still think that it is warranted? Klbrain (talk) 00:14, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

@Klbrain: I'll self-revert since I see your reasoning and am curious about what others think. My anatomy textbook (Netter 7th Ed., ©2019) uses ductus deferens, which is why I disagree with you in saying that the anatomical name of the structure in humans is ductus deferens. It may have been referred to as vas deferens in the past, but this is no longer the standard, as seen in the Terminologia Anatomica. This explains why the vasectomy is called as such; it just hasn't yet been changed to something like "ductectomy." The TA does list vas deferens as a synonym, however. Invinciblewalnut (talk) 20:05, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Sorry for the writing slip there ... I've corrected by statement above (see my strikeout). Thanks for revert and the starting discussion linked below. Klbrain (talk) 12:26, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Vas deferens which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 20:46, 3 October 2021 (UTC)