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Choosing "Prongs" vs. "Teeth" vs. "Serrations" #62

Open mwmalinowski opened 10 years ago

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

We should include guidelines to indicate the differences between prongs, teeth, and serrations.

For prongs I think of the tines on a dinner fork. Examples include Volkmann Retractors (e.g. 60-5812) and Weitlaner Retractors (e.g. 22-8255)

I've been using a hand saw as my example for teeth, but I'm not sure that's the best example.

Any thoughts?

sklar-sherryp commented 10 years ago

Could we use the length of the spike as some kind of determining factor. For example, Prongs have longer spikes than teeth which have longer spikes than serrations...?

Or maybe the quantity...there are typically fewer prongs than teeth and fewer teeth than serrations. Although this may not necessarily work for differentiating between prongs and teeth.

I think both the fork reference and the saw reference are accurate however the etymology of "serrated" actually refers to "saw" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/serrate

I dont think of serrations on instruments as long enough to "saw" though.

I can't find anything where a distinction is made between the three but did see use of the word "notch" when referencing serrations.

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

Quantity won't work--just off the top of my head: Mouse Tooth Adson Forceps with 1x2 Teeth vs. Weitlaner-Beckmann Retractor with 3x4 Prongs Sharp

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

I think the etymology of "serrated" should be ignored. When anyone in the industry refers to serrations they are never considering serrations as anything that cuts or saws.

sklar-sherryp commented 10 years ago

Ok with ignoring etymology.

The example above follows the length rule I suggested though. Mouse Tooth Adson Forceps with 1x2 Teeth uses the word "teeth" and the spikes are shorter whereas Weitlaner-Beckmann Retractor with 3x4 Prongs Sharp uses the the word "prong" and the spikes are longer. ???

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

Prongs and Teeth can be similar lengths when the prongs are unusually small and the teeth are unusually large.

Compare Wire Retaining Retractor 22-8833 and Holzheimer Retractor 22-8940.

In my mind Prongs usually have parallel spacing whereas teeth have angled, W-shaped spacing (like Bart Simpson's hair)

sklar-sherryp commented 10 years ago

Can I use "like Bart Simpson's hair" in the style guide?

sklar-sherryp commented 10 years ago

@mwmalinowski Added your description of "prongs" and "teeth" to Tip End Style with examples and links to website.