Cornu

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Cornu (pl. cornua) is a Latin word for horn. Cornu may also refer to:

People:

Dominique Cornu, a Belgian road and track cyclist, born 1985
Marie Alfred Cornu, a physicist for whom the Cornu spiral is named
Paul Cornu, an engineer sometimes credited as the creator of the first helicopter

Places:

In zoology:

Cornu (subgenus), a subgenus of snails of the genus Helix, or alternatively, a separate genus
Cornu aspersum, species of brown garden snail, formerly known as Helix aspersa
One of two horn claspers associated with the penis of a bee drone

In anatomy:

Cornu ammonis, a part of the hippocampus of the brain
Cornu anterius, cornu inferius, and cornu posterius, parts of the lateral ventricle of the brain
Cornu anterius, or anterior horn, of the spinal cord
Cornu coccygeum, one of two upward projecting processes which articulate with the sacrum
Cornua of the hyoid, the greater and lesser horns of the hyoid bones
Sacral Cornua, two small processes projecting inferiorly on either side of the sacral hiatus leading into the sacral canal
Uterine cornu, one of two uterine horns, located near the entry of the Fallopian tube

In Medicine

Cutaneous horn, an eruption of the skin, mostly in fair skinned persons which can be benign but is often a precursor of skin cancer

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