What's the difference between limb and torso?

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.

Torso


Definition:

  • (n.) The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Blood flow was measured in leg and torso skin of conscious or anesthetized sheep by using 15-micron radioactive microspheres (Qm) and the 133Xe washout method (QXe).
  • (2) The fashion in Hollywood leading men now is for the sort of sculpted torso that requires months, if not years, of dedicated abdominal crunching.
  • (3) To test the hypothesis that during unsupported arm exercise (UAE) some of the inspiratory muscles of the rib cage partake in upper torso and arm positioning and thereby decrease their contribution to ventilation, we studied 11 subjects to measure pleural (Ppl) and gastric (Pga) pressures, heart rate, respiratory frequency, O2 uptake (VO2), and tidal volume (VT) during symptom-limited UAE.
  • (4) Transfer impedance vectors between 81 lead points on the human torso model and 392 positions covering ventricular areas in the torso were measure.
  • (5) We found that the maps reflected relatively faithfully the underlying dipolar source for the homogeneous torso and even for the torso with lungs.
  • (6) The authors question whether amounts of lidocaine greater than the recommended dosage may be safely used in the patient undergoing lipoplasty of the torso and knees.
  • (7) We describe a fast and numerically effective biomagnetic inverse solution using a moving dipole in a realistic homogeneous torso.
  • (8) In weightlessness, "falls" were achieved using elastic cords running from a torso harness to the floor.
  • (9) Seven months later the upper half of his torso was found buried in woodland in West Sussex.
  • (10) The victim's lower torso and automobile were also found along the same path 31 m (101 ft) and 41 m (133 ft) beyond the sign, respectively.
  • (11) The developmental signal that specifies the fates of cells at the anterior and posterior termini of the Drosophila embryo is transmitted by the torso receptor tyrosine kinase.
  • (12) Care of the experimental babies included supporting the head on a small water pillow and supporting the torso at the same level to avoid flexion or curvature of the spine; the control group received customary care.
  • (13) To this effect, scaling of the torso model can easily be included in the computation.
  • (14) Lower torso injuries occurred primarily in frontal impacts in both the back and front seats.
  • (15) His head and torso were tightly bandaged, bloodstained gauze protruding from between the layers.
  • (16) Pelvic rotations are described, but no evident relationships between pelvic rotations in the different planes and ILBM-activity could be seen, probably because the changes in the position of the torso are of more importance.
  • (17) Some of the museum’s mannequins had their torsos hacked out, the waists of McQueen’s clothes being impossibly small, even by mannequin standards.
  • (18) Conversely, older patients (60 years of age or older) injured in falls are more likely to have operable intracranial mass lesions without significant injury to the torso (p less than 0.001).
  • (19) Doses to organs in the torso were calculated from the waist-level film badge dosemeter reading using normalised organ dose data.
  • (20) The torso apparatus is used to practice insertion of a hemodynamic monitoring catheter; the cardiac monitor displays catheter pressure readings as the catheter is advanced into the heart and also pulmonary artery and wedge position.