cornu
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Origin of cornu
First recorded in 1685–95; from Latin: horn; akin to Greek kéras ( see cerat-), krāníon cranium
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The study demonstrates that slow waves and sleep spindles can originate from axons within the hippocampus' cornu ammonis 3 region.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2024
Every marmoset, American monkey, Old World monkey, baboon, or man-like ape, on the contrary, has its cerebellum entirely hidden, and possesses a large posterior cornu, with a well-developed hippocampus minor.
From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir
At its endowment Henry laid on the altar the famous "cornu eburneum," now lost.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by Eley, C. King
They usually form in connection with the third cleft, and are met with in the region of the great cornu of the hyoid bone, to which the wall of the cyst is almost always attached.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
The hippocampal gyrus is bounded above by the dentate or hippocampal fissure which causes the hippocampus major in the descending cornu and so is a complete fissure.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
At Broad Chalke are sometimes found cornua ammonis of chalke.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John
We may divide the womb into three divisions, cornua, body and cervix.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
Cf. also the pair of bronze Etruscan cornua, No. 2734 in the department of Creek and Roman antiquities at the British Museum, which possess well-preserved cup-shaped mouthpieces.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
Thus a human uterus furnished with cornua may be said to represent, in a rudimentary condition, the same organ in its normal state in certain mammals.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
Not unfrequently the extremity of the posterior cornua, and even deeper parts of the gray substance, are more or less damaged by areas of disintegration.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
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