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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Musculoskeletal System
Universal entry(ies)
truncus
Latin
DEF

The body excluding the head, the neck, and the limbs.

OBS

torso: The designation "torso" is sometimes used to refer to the whole trunk and sometimes to refer only to the anterior part of the trunk.

OBS

trunk: designation and definition standardized by ISO.

OBS

trunk; truncus : designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
truncus
Latin
DEF

Corps à l'exclusion de la tête, du cou et des membres.

OBS

tronc : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO.

OBS

tronc : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

truncus : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
truncus
Latin
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Record 2 2018-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
Universal entry(ies)
truncus coeliacus
Latin
DEF

The arterial trunk that arises from the abdominal aorta, gives off the left gastric, common hepatic, and splenic arteries and supplies the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, spleen, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
truncus coeliacus
Latin
DEF

Volumineuse branche collatérale viscérale de l'aorte abdominale, tronc d'origine des artères splénique, hépatique et coronaire stomachique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
truncus coeliacus
Latin
DEF

Tronco arterial desprendido del primer segmento de la aorta arterial.

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Record 3 2017-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

The vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle, extending upward obliquely to divide into the right and left pulmonary arteries beneath the arch of the aorta, and conveying unaerated blood toward the lungs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
DEF

Volumineux tronc artériel [...] qui conduit le sang désaturé ou veineux [...] du cœur aux poumons.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
DEF

(Tronco) que se desprende de la base del corazón, donde es continuación del infundíbulo del ventrículo derecho. Desde este punto se dirige oblicuamente de abajo arriba, de derecha a izquierda y de delante atrás, atrás y a la derecha. Después de un trayecto de unos 50 mm se divide en dos ramas: la arteria pulmonar derecha que se dirige al pulmón derecho y la arteria pulmonar izquierda destinada al pulmón izquierdo. Estos vasos son venosos por su contenido, pero arteriales por su origen y constitución anatómica.

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Record 4 2005-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
DEF

A major, undivided and usually short, portion of a nerve or of a blood or lymphatic vessel, or other duct.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
DEF

Partie principale d'un nerf, d'un vaisseau, d'une artère, ou d'une veine, avant leur ramification.

CONT

Obstruction d'un tronc bronchique proximal.

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

The bundle formed by the union of the ventral rami of the fifth and sixth cervical nerves and some fibers from the fourth; it contributes fibers to the posterior and lateral cords (fasciculi) of the brachial plexus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
OBS

Anatomie du plexus brachial [...]. Les racines C5 et C6 du plexus fusionnent en un tronc supérieur, la racine C7 forme le tronc moyen; C8 et T1 forment le tronc inférieur.

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

Referring to both the truncus arteriosus and the conus arteriosus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)

Spanish

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