| APIP | additional personal injury protection |
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| ASCI | acute spinal cord injury; American Society for Clinical Investigation |
| ASIA | American Spinal Injury Association |
| BSI | behavior status inventory; blood stream infection; borderline syndrome index; bound serum iron; brai... |
| CFI | chemotactic-factor inactivator; closed-clenched fist injury; color flow imaging; complement fixation... |
| thoracoacromial trunk | <anatomy, artery> Origin, axillary; distribution, muscles and skin of shoulder and upper chest; anastomoses, branches of superior thoracic, internal thoracic, lateral thoracic, posterior and anterior circumflex humeral, and suprascapular. Synonym: arteria thoracoacromialis, acromiothoracic artery, thoracic axis, thoracoacromial trunk. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| thyrocervical trunk | A short arterial trunk arising from the subclavian artery, giving rise to the suprascapular (which may instead arise directly from the subclavian artery) and terminating by dividing into the ascending cervical and inferior thyroid arteries. Synonym: truncus thyrocervicalis, thyroid axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trunk | <botany> The main stem or body of a tree, considered apart from its roots and branches. (09 Oct 1997) |
| trunk of atrioventricular bundle | The singular initial portion (stem) of the atrioventricular bundle which passes from the atrioventricular node into the right trigone of the fibrous skeleton of the heart and along the periphery of the membranous interventricular septum; upon reaching the muscular interventricular septum, the trunk terminates by dividing into the right and left crura of the atrioventricular bundle. Synonym: truncus fascicularis atrioventricularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trunk of corpus callosum | The main arched portion of the corpus callosum. Synonym: truncus corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugular lymphatic trunk | Lymphatic vessel on each side, conveying the lymph from the head and neck; that on the right side empties into the right lymphatic duct, that on the left into the thoracic duct. Synonym: truncus jugularis, jugular duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linguofacial trunk | The common trunk by which the lingual and facial arteries frequently arise from the external carotid artery. Synonym: truncus linguofacialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbosacral trunk | A large nerve, formed by the union of the fifth lumbar and first sacral nerves, with a branch from the fourth lumbar nerve, which enters into the formation of the sacral plexus. Synonym: truncus lumbosacralis. (05 Mar 2000) |