Table 3.
Eponymous terms in relation to historical injustices, infamy, and mythology
| Question | Yes | No | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Are you aware of any eponyms related to a person of female gender, at the exclusion of the HeLa cells? | 3 | 18.8% | 13 | 81.2% |
| B | Have you encountered an eponym derived from an individual of Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour in anatomy, at the exclusion of the HeLa cells? | 2 | 12.5% | 14 | 87.5% |
| C | Do you believe that the use of the term “Clara cell” is appropriate/should be continued, despite its infamous history? | 7 | 43.8% | 9 | 56.2% |
| D | Do you believe that the use of the term “Bundle of His” is appropriate/should be continued, despite its infamous history? | 10 | 62.5% | 6 | 37.5% |
| E | Do you believe mythological eponyms, such as “Achilles tendon”, are more acceptable than historical ones? | 6 | 37.5% | 10 | 32.5% |