[Anatomical nomenclature in ophthalmology].

The purposes of this article are: to inform ophthalmologists about the differences between the English and Portuguese list of equivalent terms for eye structures, approved by the Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology; to present the anatomical terms included in the list of medical subject headings published by the United States National Library of Medicine and translated by the Regional Library of Medicine (BIREME); propose a list of Portuguese terms of common usage by ophthalmologists.