Body Location or Region
trunk Audio
trunk [ truhngk ]
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Body Regions
Definitions related to trunk:
  • Body part, which consists of a maximal set of diverse subclasses of organ and organ part spatially associated with the thoracic and lumbar vertebral column, sacrum and coccyx, it is partially surrounded by skin of trunk. Examples: There is only one trunk.
    Digital Anatomist
    University of Washington, 2003
  • Subdivision of cardinal body part, each instance of which has as its constitutional part the thoracic, lumbar and sacral parts (T1-S5) of some vertebral column. Examples: There is only one trunk.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • The body excluding the head and neck and limbs.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The body excluding the head, neck and appendages.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (torso) The central part of the body to which the neck and limbs are attached.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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