What's the difference between branch and limb?

Branch


Definition:

  • (n.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.
  • (n.) Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.
  • (n.) Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.
  • (n.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.
  • (n.) A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.
  • (n.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.
  • (a.) Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.
  • (v. i.) To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.
  • (v. i.) To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
  • (v. t.) To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.
  • (v. t.) To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
  • (2) The adjacent gauge was separated from the ischemic segment by one large nonoccluded diagonal branch of the left anterior descending artery.
  • (3) Subsequently, the study of bundle branch block and A-V block cases revealed that no explicit correlation existed between histopathological changes and functional disturbances nor between disturbances in conduction (i.e.
  • (4) This result demonstrates that branching enzyme belongs to a family of the amylolytic enzymes.
  • (5) One rare case of blind-ending branch originating in the upper third of the ureter are described.
  • (6) An anatomic study of the peroneal artery and vein and their branches was carried out on 80 adult cadaver legs.
  • (7) According to the national bank, four Russian banks were operating in Crimea as of the end of April, but only one of them, Rossiisky National Commercial Bank, was widely represented, with 116 branches in the region.
  • (8) The present study was done in order to document the ability of the eighth cranial nerve of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) to regenerate, the anatomic characteristics of the regenerated fibers, and the specificity of projections from individual endorgan branches of the nerve.
  • (9) Mechanisms by which a defect in the synthesis of dolichol-oligosaccharides might alter the degree of beta-1,6 branching in N-linked carbohydrates are discussed.
  • (10) Arterial-type flows produced a pair of vortex sinks downstream of the branching port.
  • (11) The ACoA branches were divided into the small and the large.
  • (12) It is possible that the elements provide common precursor proteins that reach the secretory intermediate lobe cells through their dendritic branches.
  • (13) Limitations include the facts that the tracer inventory requires a minimal survival period, can only be done postmortem, and has low resolution for cuts of the vagal hepatic branch.
  • (14) So we concluded that duplications and accessories should be thought to have similar meanings with the ordinary branching patterns of MCA in the occurrence of aneurysms.
  • (15) In the case with a more distally situated VSD, the bundle branches skirted the anterior and distal walls of the defect.
  • (16) Our results show that stenosis of about one-third of the original external diameter of the artery and vein of the pedicle in our model did not have any significant influence on the survival of the flap and ligation of the femoral artery distal to the branch to the flap did not produce any statistical difference in the viability of the flap.
  • (17) Autopsy revealed a primary intimal sarcoma with osteogenic elements arising in the posterior leaflet of the pulmonary valve and obstructing the main pulmonary artery and its right branch.
  • (18) Three cases with intermittent left bundle branch block were studied by means of an intracavitary electrode, which allowed the potential of the bundle of His to be measured, and was also used for the extrastimulus method of study.
  • (19) 500-MHz H-NMR spectroscopy of the oligosaccharides derived from gamma-seminoprotein, a human seminal plasma glycoprotein, revealed considerable microheterogeneity both with respect to the degree of branching and with regard to the peripheral sugars.
  • (20) The behavior of the retrograde H deflection in respect to the first extra beat following the premature QRS complex helped in excluding bundle branch reentry.

Limb


Definition:

  • (n.) A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
  • (n.) An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
  • (n.) A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
  • (n.) An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
  • (v. t.) To supply with limbs.
  • (v. t.) To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
  • (n.) A border or edge, in certain special uses.
  • (n.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
  • (n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.
  • (n.) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Anesthetized sheep (n = 6) previously prepared with a lung lymph fistula underwent 2 hr of tourniquet ischemia of both lower limbs.
  • (2) In the upper limb and facial forms of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy first recorded in Swiss and Finns respectively, the differences in their patterns of neurological disease and ocular lesions could be the result of their amyloids deriving from proteins other than prealbumin.
  • (3) Although each of palate and limb is concurrently susceptible to epigenetic regulation, their differential intrinsic genomic capabilities appear to have been uncoupled.
  • (4) Comparisons of ICR locations were made between flexion and extension, between left and right limbs, and between living and dead dogs, using analysis of variance.
  • (5) The most frequent source of the pulmonary circulation thromboembolism was the lower limb veins.
  • (6) No case of oromandibular-limb abnormality was seen in the CVS groups, but 1 child in the AC group had aplasia of the right hand.
  • (7) The NAD-dependent enzymes (except alpha-GPDH) showed a stronger reactivity in the proximal tubules, while the NADP-dependent ones were more reactive in the thick limb of Henle's loop and distal convoluted tubules.
  • (8) Of these, 12 had radiation-induced neurologic complications which, in 5 instances, consisted of persisting, wholly or partially disabling paresis in the lower limbs.
  • (9) The rate of removal of exogenous PGE2 in the hind limb circulation was not influenced by HC, suggesting that the diminution of PG release by HC results from the suppression of PG generation rather than from the enhancement of degradation.
  • (10) Full length or multifocal uptake was seen in six patients, all of whom eventually required graft excision with two limbs surviving, and one death.
  • (11) Cooling of the necrotic limb with the application of a tourniquet and general nonoperative treatment were conducted in preparation for amputation.
  • (12) Limb abnormalities included lumbar scoliosis, short malformed tibias and fibulas, and polydactyly.
  • (13) Seventy-one patients with 80 lower limbs clinically suspected of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) were investigated by both Doppler ultrasound and venography.
  • (14) Piretanide blocks the Na+ 2Cl- K+ cotransporter protein in the thick ascending limb (TAL) of the loop of Henle reversibly.
  • (15) Bidrin treatment of quail embryos results in axial anomalies as well as malformations of the beak and the limbs.
  • (16) The myogenic potential of chick limb mesenchyme from stages 18-25 was assessed by micromass culture under conditions conductive to myogenesis, and was measured as the proportion of differentiated (muscle myosin-positive) mononucleated cells detected.
  • (17) Facial twitch was followed by the generalized convulsion, further progressing to trembling of the limbs and then kicking of the hindlimb (full seizure) after 55 days of age.
  • (18) High levels of both enzymes were reached noticeably earlier during development in PCT and PST than in medullary thick ascending limb, which emphasizes metabolic heterogeneity of developing rat kidney nephron.
  • (19) Forty-eight reinterventions in 34 limbs were required to restore or maintain graft patency in thrombosed or failing grafts.
  • (20) Stimulation of nerves in the limbs evoked EPSPs and JPSPs in 201 of 204 tested LRN neurones.