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The Puma concolor is one of the largest carnivores present in Chile, although its size varies according to the geographical area in which it is found. It is increasingly common to find them outside their habitat and more in our environment. Its ecological, reproductive and nutritional aspects are known, but very little is known about its anatomy, which creates a challenge in the veterinary morphological area that needs strengthening. The present study consisted of an anatomical description of the appendicular skeleton of three adult specimens of Puma concolor (3 males) in the veterinary anatomy laboratory of the Universidad San Sebastián, headquarters of Patagonia Puerto Montt, which allowed a detailed study of the conformation of the skeleton of each structure present in the thoracic appendicular skeleton of these specimens. This allowed us to achieve results of morphological interest and delve into the anatomy of this species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The European anatomists headed by the German School and its Anatomical Society, decided to order the great anatomical house so that they were forced to reconsider the problem and establish a structured, systematic, coherent terminology; That would be worth, both to interpret the known in a unanimous way, and to be able to classify and integrate in the same conceptual structure the discoveries or modifications of the future. A study was carried out on an anonymous survey of 101 specialist doctors and postgraduate residents of the university specialization in orthopedics and traumatology of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zulia. During the period of october 2016 / march 2017. Knowledge of anatomical nomenclatures, identification of anatomical structures, and the latest bibliographic update on terms and structure of the appendicular skeleton were considered. Of the 101 physicians surveyed, 62.3% were postgraduate residents of the university specialization in Traumatology and Orthopedics, 37.6% specialized in Traumatology and Orthopedics. 99.0% were unaware of a TAI listing of the general terms used in the anatomy of the appendicular skeleton, only 1.9% were aware of that list, but did not remember or was inaccurate their name. When asked in the survey to identify anatomical structures of the appendicular skeleton based on the general terms updated by the TAI, the total 100% could not answer correctly. 100% had surgical activity on the appendicular skeleton. 100% answered not knowing the update time. Conclusion. The International Anatomical Terminology (TAI), as an official source of anatomical terms, is of great benefit, since it falls on the unification of terminological criteria in a fluid, effective and universal anatomical language that allows to avoid the errors of interpretation in the deep learning of the skeleton appendicular. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]