Generally, this method is used on cosmetically unimportant areas like the trunk (torso).

There appears to be an increase in the incidence of basal cell cancer of the trunk in recent years.

The whole stem can also be erased with the DROP statement.

In the upright position, it prevents the trunk from falling backward without the need for muscular activity.

In stems the cortex is between the epidermis layer and the phloem, in roots the inner layer is not phloem but the pericycle.

Northern Ireland can be called from the Republic of Ireland at trunk rates, as opposed to international rates, using the 048 prefix.

Trees are rooted in the ground in one place for many human generations, but if we shift our perspective from the trunk to the twigs, trees become very dynamic entities, moving and growing.

The outer bark in older stems includes the dead tissue on the surface of the stems, along with parts of the innermost periderm and all the tissues on the outer side of the periderm.

The discovery was immediately reported to the police and the remains were examined by a doctor, who found that they consisted of the trunk (minus entrails) and legs (minus one foot) of a woman.

It was a male measuring from trunk to tail and lying on its side in a projected line from the highest point of the shoulder to the base of the forefoot, indicating a standing shoulder height of .

In November 2007 the Anne Frank tree by then infected with a fungal disease affecting the tree trunk was scheduled to be cut down to prevent it from falling on the surrounding buildings.

The nest can be located in the fork of a tree, often near the trunk and where two or three branches begin, on a horizontal branch in the lower canopy, or near the top of a tall shrub.

Other differences are not universal for all mosses and liverworts, but the occurrence of leaves arranged in three ranks, the presence of deep lobes or segmented leaves, or a lack of clearly differentiated stem and leaves all point to the plant being a liverwort.