Definition of Crura. Meaning of Crura. Synonyms of Crura

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Definition of Crura

Crura
Crus Crus (kr?s), n.; pl. Crura (kr?"r?). [L., the leg.] (Anat.) (a) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank. (b) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.
Crura
Crura Cru"ra (kr?"r?), n. pl. (Anat.) See Crus.

Meaning of Crura from wikipedia

- The ****oral crura (sg.: ****oral crus) are two erectile tissue structures, which together form a "V" shape. Crus is a Latin word that means "leg". Each...
- the Swiss Universities) Crus (pl.: crura) can also refer to other anatomical structures that are leg-shaped: crura of antihelix crus of cerebrum crus...
- The crus of diaphragm (pl.: crura), refers to one of two tendinous structures that extends below the diaphragm to the vertebral column. There is a right...
- The two crura of **** (one crus on each side) constitute the root of **** along with the bulb of ****. The two crura flank the bulb - one to each side...
- the helix on the pinna. The antihelix divides above into two legs or crura; the crura antihelicis, between which is a triangular depression, the fossa triangularis...
- form, consisting of three m****es of erectile tissue; the two diverging crura, one on either side, and the median bulb of the **** or urethral bulb....
- cerebral cortex to the pons and spine. The plural of which is cerebral crura. In some older texts, this is called the cerebral peduncle, but presently...
- separate left and right sides are each called the crus of the fornix (plural crura). The bundles of fibers come together in the midline of the brain, forming...
- rear quarter of the animal. Anatomically speaking, the hanger steak is the crura, or legs, of the diaphragm. The steak is said to "hang" from the diaphragm...
- by the margins of the opening in the aponeurosis, which are called the crura of the ring; and above, by a series of curved intercrural fibers. The inferior...