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)
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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.
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cor·nu (korґnoo) pl. corґnua [L. “hornâ€] 1. horn (def. 1). 2. a structure resembling a horn in shape. cornual, cornuate adjMedical dictionary. 2011.