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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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