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. [1913 Webster]

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  • CRURA — varicandi ac disparandi modi duo, quorum alterum Daedalus in simulacris primus expressit, vide infra in voce Varus. Illa, uti pedes, tibias, ac femora, fasciis involvebant Antiqui, Hebraei, Graeci, Romani; interque eos aegroti primum et… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Crura — Cru ra (kr? r?), n. pl. (Anat.) See {Crus}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crura — (lat.), Mehrzahl von Crus, Schenkel, sowohl Unter als Oberschenkel; daher Crural, was sich auf den Schenkel bezieht. Crurisossa (Anat.), Schenkelknochen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • crura — Plural of crus. * * * crura pl of CRUS * * * cru·ra (krooґrə) [L.] plural of crus …   Medical dictionary

  • Crura of superficial inguinal ring — The subcutaneous inguinal ring. (Superior crus labeled at bottom right.) Latin crus mediale anuli inguinalis superficialis, crus laterale anuli inguinalis superficialis Gray s …   Wikipedia

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  • Crura cerebri — Lage des Mittelhirns (3), frontaler Schnitt Das Mittelhirn (lat. Mesencephalon) ist ein Teil des Hirnstamms und liegt zwischen Brücke (Pons) und Zwischenhirn (Diencephalon). Das Mittelhirn steuert die meisten Augenmuskeln und ist ein wichtiger… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • crura ossea — osseous crura: those parts of the bony semicircular canals of the ear that lodge the correspondingly named parts of the membranous crura of the semicircular ducts; see crura ossea ampullaria, c. osseum commune, and c. osseum simplex …   Medical dictionary

  • crura membranacea — membranous crura: the two ends of each semicircular duct of the ear, both opening into the utricle. See crura membranacea ampullaria ductus semicircularis, c. membranaceum commune ductus semicircularis, and c. membranaceum simplex ductus… …   Medical dictionary

  • crura ossea ampullaria — [TA] ampullary bony crura: the parts of the bony semicircular canals of the ear that lodge the crura membranacea ampullaria ductus semicircularis …   Medical dictionary

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