Definition of Crura

1. n. pl. See Crus.

Definition of Crura

1. Noun. (plural of crus) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crura

1. crus [n] - See also: crus

Medical Definition of Crura

1. The plural of crus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crura

crunkle
crunkled
crunkles
crunkling
crunodal
crunode
crunodes
cruor
cruores
cruorin
cruors
crupper
cruppered
cruppering
cruppers
crura (current term)
crura membranacea ampullaria ductus semicircularis
crura of bony semicircular canals
crura ossea canalium semicircularium
crural
crural fascia
crural fossa
crural hernia
crural interosseous nerve
crural ring
crural septum
crural sheath
cruralis posterior

Literary usage of Crura

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1907)
"A NOTE ON THE crura OF THE DIAPHRAGM AND THE MUSCLE OF TREITZ. By ALEX. Low, MB, University of Aberdeen. IN the following note one would direct special ..."

2. Handbook of physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes (1873)
"On their upper part, the crura cerebri bear three pairs of small ganglia, ... Whether all the fibres of the crura cerebri end in the gray ..."

3. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"Behind the union of the optic nerves, and nearer these crura, we perceive two white ... In the angle of the union of the crura cerebri, behind the corpora ..."

4. A Compend of human physiology by Albert Philson Brubaker (1892)
"... which interlacing with the deep layers of the transverse fibres, ascend to the crura cerebri, forming their superficial or fasciculated portions; ..."

5. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"THE CEREBRAL crura. The crura of the cerebrum ' emerge from the upper part of ... Behind and outward the crura are defined from the quadrigeminal body and ..."

6. A Manual of Physiology by Gerald Francis Yeo (1889)
"These are called the crura cerebri. They diverge slightly in their upward ... Minute examination of these crura brings to light an anatomical difference ..."

7. The Gross and Minute Anatomy of the Central Nervous System by Herman Camp Grodinier, H. C. Cordinier (1899)
"with the substantia nigra of the tegmentum of the crura cerebri. It forms the back part of the floor of the third ventricle, and is perforated by numerous ..."

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