- cornu
- 1. [TA] SYN: horn. 2. Any structure composed of horny substance. 3. One of the coronal extensions of the dental pulp underlying a cusp or lobe. 4. The major subdivisions of the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere (the frontal horn, occipital horn, and temporal horn). SEE ALSO: lateral ventricle. 5. The major divisions of the gray columns of the spinal cord (anterior horn, lateral horn, posterior horn). [L. horn]- c. ammonis SYN: Ammon horn.- c. anterius [TA] SYN: anterior horn.- coccygeal c. two processes that project upward from the dorsum of the base of the coccyx to articulate with the sacral cornua. SYN: c. coccygeum [TA], coccygeal horn, cornua coccygealia.- cornua coccygealia SYN: coccygeal c..- c. coccygeum [TA] SYN: coccygeal c..- c. cutaneum SYN: cutaneous horn.- cornua of falciform margin of saphenous opening See inferior horn of falciform margin of saphenous opening, superior horn of falciform margin of saphenous opening.- c. inferius [TA] SYN: inferior horn.- c. inferius marginis falciformis hiatus sapheni [TA] SYN: inferior horn of falciform margin of saphenous opening.- c. laterale [TA] SYN: lateral horn.- cornua of lateral ventricle SYN: c. frontale ventriculi lateralis [TA], c. occipitale ventriculi lateralis [TA], c. temporale ventriculi lateralis [TA].anterior horn (1), inferior horn, posterior horn.- c. minus ossis hyoidei [TA] SYN: lesser horn of hyoid.- sacral c. [TA] the most caudal parts of the intermediate sacral crest. On each side they form the lateral margin of the sacral hiatus and articulate with the coccygeal cornua. SYN: c. sacrale [TA], sacral horn.- c. sacrale [TA] SYN: sacral c..- c. superius marginalis falciformis [TA] SYN: superior horn of falciform margin of saphenous opening.- cornua of thyroid cartilage inferior horn of thyroid cartilage, superior horn of thyroid cartilage.- c. uteri [TA] SYN: uterine horn.
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cor·nu 'kȯr-(.)n(y)ü n, pl cor·nua -n(y)ə-wə a horn-shaped anatomical structure (as either of the lateral divisions of a bicornuate uterus, one of the lateral processes of the hyoid bone, or one of the gray columns of the spinal cord)* * *
n. (pl. cornua)(in anatomy) a horn-shaped structure, such as the horn-shaped processes of the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage. See also horn.* * *
cor·nu (korґnoo) pl. corґnua [L. “hornâ€] 1. horn (def. 1). 2. a structure resembling a horn in shape. cornual, cornuate adj
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